Lucia di Lammermoor, English National Opera, ENO, London Coliseum, October 2018
Posted on 26 October 2018This 2008 production by David Alden expresses the idea that the Ashton family’s dour Calvinist attitudes have arrested the emotional development of their leader Enrico. He plays with his toys at one point, and even embraces his sister Lucia in a lecherous manner. There is much to be said for this psychological approach, but the …