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Lucia Di Lammermoor
Stunning sets, subtle costumes, love, madness - and exquisite singing. The NBR New Zealand Opera has assembled a top-notch team for its first presentation of the year in which Russian soprano Elvira Fatykhova is spellbinding. Emotions blaze in the brutal chill of baronial Scotland; surrounded by strutting males, Donizetti's Lucia asserts herself in a world that would smother her - all presented with the clench of theatrical immediacy. The season sold out in Wellington, and with only two more stagings to go in its Auckland run, Lucia di Lammermoor is not to be missed.
Venue: Aotea Centre
Season: Tonight and Saturday, 7.30pm
Others
Lobby Hero
- Silo Theatre, Lower Greys Ave, to Jul 21, tickets at Ticketmaster
Decadence
- Maidment Studio, 8 Alfred St, to Jul 21, ph 308 2383
Pippi Longstocking
- The PumpHouse, Takapuna, to Jul 27, ph 489 8360
The Crucible
- Maidment Theatre, 8 Alfred St, to Jul 28, ph 308 2383
Three Days of Rain
- Silo Theatre, Lower Greys Ave, Jul 28-Aug 25, tickets at Ticketmaster
Daughters of Heaven
- Rose Centre, Belmont, Jul 28-Aug 11, ph 445 6447
Who Wants to be 100? Anyone Who's 99
- SkyCity Theatre, Hobson St, Aug 3-4, tickets at Ticketek
Bespoke
- Off Broadway Papakura, to Aug 4, ph (09) 298 5280
Red Hot & Cole
- Harlequin Musical Theatre, Howick, to Aug 4, tickets at iTicket
Laying the Ghost
- Dolphin Theatre, Onehunga, Aug 4-25, ph 636 7322
King Lear
- ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre, Aug 18-25, tickets at Ticketek
The Seagull
- Aotea Centre, Aug 19-26, tickets at Ticketek
The Pillowman
- Maidment Theatre, 8 Alfred St, Aug 23-Sep 13, ph 308 2383
