The Met’s new production treats Lucia di Lammermoor as a contemporary story, placing the action in a declining present-day town in America’s Rust Belt and addressing societal issues familiar to modern audiences. The staging makes extensive use of video to provide close-up views and more than one perspective.

美國大都會歌劇院新製作將《拉美莫爾的露琪亞》故事背景置於當代美國鐵鏽地帶的衰退小鎮，向觀眾展示現今世界中的社會問題縮影。舞台廣泛使用影片，以多重視角的特寫鏡頭帶來全新的觀賞體驗。


Act I
An intruder has been spotted near the Ashton family home, and Normanno sends Enrico’s men off in search of the stranger. Enrico arrives, troubled. His family’s fortunes are in danger, and only the arranged marriage of his sister, Lucia, with Arturo Bucklaw can save them. The chaplain Raimondo reminds Enrico that the girl is still mourning the death of her mother. But Normanno reveals that Lucia is concealing a great love for Edgardo, leader of the Ashtons’ enemies. Enrico is furious and swears vengeance. The men return and explain that they have seen and identified the intruder as Edgardo. Enrico’s fury increases.

Just before dawn, Lucia and her companion Alisa are waiting for Edgardo. Lucia relates that, in this very spot, she has seen the ghost of a girl who was stabbed by a jealous lover. Alisa urges her to forget Edgardo, but Lucia insists that her love for Edgardo brings her great joy and may overcome all. Edgardo arrives and explains that he must leave on a political mission. Before he leaves, he wants to make peace with Enrico. Lucia, however, asks Edgardo to keep their love a secret. Edgardo agrees, and they exchange rings and vows of devotion.

第一幕
在恩里科‧阿斯頓的家附近，他的手下諾爾曼正在派人尋找入侵者。恩里科的家境陷入困難，唯有靠妹妹露琪亞與阿圖羅．巴克洛的聯婚才能拯救家門。露琪亞的老師雷蒙德牧師提醒恩里科，露琪亞仍沉浸在喪母之痛中，但諾爾曼道出露琪亞已與恩里科的宿敵埃德加打得火熱。恩里科大發雷霆，勢要報復。手下們回來，證實入侵者正是埃德加。恩里科怒火更盛。

黎明前，露琪亞與朋友艾麗莎等待著埃德加。露琪亞說她曾在附近看到被嫉妒情人所殺的女子靈魂。艾麗莎求她放棄與埃德加相戀，但露琪亞堅持她對埃德加的愛使她幸福，將排除萬難。埃德加趕來，說他收到政治任務要離開。臨走前，他想與恩里科言歸於好。但露琪亞卻要求埃德加為他們的愛情守密。埃德加同意，與她交換戒指及誓言。


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Act II
It is some months later, on the day that Lucia is to marry Arturo. Normanno assures Enrico that he has successfully intercepted all correspondence between the lovers and has in addition procured a forged letter, supposedly from Edgardo, that indicates that he is involved with another woman. As the captain goes off to welcome the groom, Lucia enters, continuing to defy her brother. Enrico shows her the forged letter. Lucia is heartbroken, but Enrico insists that she marry Arturo to save the family. He leaves, and Raimondo, convinced no hope remains for Lucia’s love, reminds her of her late mother and urges her to do a sister’s duty. She finally agrees.

As the wedding guests arrive, Enrico explains to Arturo that Lucia is still in a state of melancholy because of her mother’s death. The girl enters and reluctantly signs the marriage contract. Suddenly, Edgardo bursts in, claiming his bride. The entire company is overcome by shock. Arturo and Enrico order Edgardo to leave, but he insists that he and Lucia are engaged. When Raimondo shows him the contract with Lucia’s signature, Edgardo curses her and tears his ring from her finger before finally leaving in despair and rage.

第二幕 
幾個月後，露琪亞即將嫁給阿圖羅。諾爾曼向恩里科保證已攔截年輕情侶間的一切交流，亦寫好一封來自埃德加的假信，承認自己愛上了別人。諾爾曼去迎接新郎時，露琪亞步入房間，再次反抗兄長的命令。當恩里科把假信交露琪亞，她悲傷欲絕。而恩里科則堅持露琪亞必須嫁給阿圖羅以挽救家族。恩里科離開後，雷蒙德接著提起露琪亞亡母，勸諭露琪亞放棄戀情並盡其家族職責。露琪亞只好無奈同意。 

婚禮來賓陸續到來，恩里科向阿圖羅解釋露琪亞還在哀悼逝世的母親。露琪亞不情願地簽下婚約。忽然間，埃德加闖入大廳，聲稱露琪亞是他的新娘，震驚眾人。阿圖羅與恩里科命令埃德加離開，但他堅持已與露琪亞訂婚。當雷蒙德給他看露琪亞已簽下的婚約，埃德加咒罵她，將定情戒指從露琪亞手上拔下後憤然離場。


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Act III
Enrico visits Edgardo at his dilapidated home and taunts him with the news that Lucia and Arturo have just been married. The two men agree to meet at dawn for a duel.

Back at Lucia’s house, Raimondo interrupts the wedding festivities with the news that Lucia has gone mad and killed Arturo. Lucia enters, covered in blood. Moving between tenderness, joy, and terror, she recalls her meetings with Edgardo and imagines that she is with him on their wedding night. She vows that she will never be happy in Heaven without her lover and that she will see him there. When Enrico returns, he is enraged at Lucia’s behavior but soon realizes that she has lost her senses. After a confused and violent exchange with her brother, Lucia collapses.

Edgardo laments that he has to live without Lucia and awaits his duel with Enrico, which he hopes will end his own life. Guests coming from the wedding tell him that the dying Lucia has called his name. As he is about to rush to her, Raimondo announces that she has died. Determined to join Lucia in Heaven, Edgardo takes his own life.

第三幕
恩里科探訪埃德加，以露琪亞與阿圖羅新婚之事嘲諷他。二人同意在黎明一決勝負。

在露琪亞家中，雷蒙德打斷婚禮慶典，公布露琪亞發瘋並殺了阿圖羅的消息。全身浴血的露琪亞走進大廳，在快樂和恐懼交織中回想著她與埃德加的對話，幻想這是自己與他的新婚之夜。露琪亞發誓她將與埃德加在天堂重聚，自此幸福美滿。恩里科匆匆回來，對露琪亞的行為大感憤怒，但不久發現露琪亞已經失去理智。露琪亞在和恩里科的推撞後倒地不起。

埃德加悲嘆著沒有露琪亞伴他身旁的未來。他期盼與恩里科的決鬥，並想藉此了結生命。來自婚禮的賓客告訴他垂死的露琪亞口中還呼喊著他的名字。埃德加急忙跑去見她，但雷蒙德宣布了露琪亞的死訊。勢要與露琪亞在天堂相聚，埃德加選擇了自盡。