Lucia di Lammermoor () is a (tragic opera) in three acts by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian-language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's 1819 historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor.The plot of Walter Scott's original novel is based on an actual incident that took place in 1669 in Galloway, although Scott transposed the location to the Lammermuir Hills area of Lowland Scotland. The real family involved were the Dalrymples.
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