Injured soprano will sing Lucia from a wheelchair

Injured soprano will sing Lucia from a wheelchair

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norman lebrecht

November 25, 2016

Anna Virovlansky has torn a ligament in her leg two days before going on stage in Saturday’s new production of Lucia di Lammermoor at Oper Leipzig, the first time she has sung the role.

 

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But the Russian soprano is not going to miss out on her big night.

A wheelchair has been organised and the director Katharina Thalbach has decided to wheel Lucia around in the silent role of her dead mother.

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Flashback: In June 2009, Joyce DiDonato sang through two acts of Barber of Seville at Covent Garden on crutches after breaking a bone in her right leg.

 

 

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