Lucia di Lammermoor

The Farewell
The gardens of the castle. Normanno, the right-hand retainer of the lord of the castle, speaks of how he will restore the family’s honour. Then Enrico, lord of the castle lets slip that he wants to destroy his arch-enemy Edgardo and have his sister Lucia enter into a tactical marriage with Lord Arturo, but that Lucia will not consent.
Lucia’s instructor, Raimondo, explains that she is “weeping thinking of her mother who has passed away”, to which Normanno says, “She has a lover”, and reveals that it is Enrico’s arch-enemy Edgardo. Enrico pales with anger, and people inform him that “Edgardo has appeared for a moment”. Enrico’s rage builds.
Evening at the castle. Lucia waits in the garden for her lover. She says she has seen a ghost by the fountain, thus frightening her handmaid, Alisa. Edgardo appears, and tells Lucia that he must make an urgent trip to France. This saddens Lucia, but he asks her to pledge her undying love for him. The exchange rings, and Lucia bids him farewell.

The Engagement
Enrico’s house. Normanno tells his lord that he has prepared a counterfeit letter as if from Edgardo stating that he has given his heart to another woman. Lucia appears. Her brother orders her to marry Arturo for the sake of the family, but she replies that she has pledged her love to another. However, she is shaken by reading the counterfeit letter, and calls on divine help. Raimondo talks to Lucia and persuader her that her lover is unfaithful.
A crowd awaits the bridegroom in the great hall of the palace. Arturo appears. Enrico goes to greet him, and Lucia also appears attired as a bride. In a daze, she signs the marriage covenant as ordered. At the moment, Edgardo suddenly appears. Arturo and Enrico stand in his way, but Raimondo comes between them and shows the marriage covenant. On seeing it, Edgardo really believes Lucia has betrayed him and grabs the ring from her finger. The whole castle goes into an uproar.

A room in the tower Edgardo lives in. In the midst of a storm, Enrico appears before the troubled Edgardo. The two challenge each other to a dual.
There is a banquet going on at Enrico’s castle, where Raimondo appears and tells everyone that Lucia has lost her mind and killed Arturo. Before long, Lucia appears covered in blood crying Edgardo’s name and mumbling that she still loves h,. On seeing her in this state, Enrico and Raimondo are at a loss. Lucia collapses.
The scene changes to Edgardo standing motionless before the graves of his forebears, mulling his lover’s treachery. He is startled by the appearance of others singing “Oh, forlorn maiden”, and asks who they are weeping for. Raimondo appears and tells him of Lucia’s death. The despairing Edgardo prays “May we be wedded in heaven”, and follows Lucia into death.