In 1835, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor celebrated its triumphant debut at the San Carlo in Naples. For the Paris performance four years later as Lucie de Lammermoor, the composer went far beyond the mere Gallicization of the heroine's first name and condensed the opera, making Lucie the only woman in the entire cast. Donizetti's orchestration remains largely unchanged, but the French influence is audible in new recitatives. This later version is not a surrogate or a mere abridgement but, perhaps because of its greater concision, more brutal and emotional than the original.
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