LUCIA NO MET

Staying True to Donizetti
The New York Sun Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:10 PM PDT
When Natalie Dessay opens the Metropolitan Opera season in a new production of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" tonight, audiences will listen for a portion of the opera many regard as a fixture: the cadenza with flute that Lucia sings at the end of her Mad Scene. But they will listen in vain. As Ms. Dessay pointed out in a recent phone call, there is a good reason she won't sing it: "It's not ...