Lucia di Lammermoor: Vocal Score (Ricordi Opera Vocal Score)

As a singer, I have to purchase many vocal scores. As scores go, this one is pretty sturdy, though I haven't done anything serious to it yet, and I've only had it for a month. The binding looks solid, and it should enjoy a long shelf-life in my repertoire collection.The text is clear and easy to read, as are the musical notes. Ensemble parts are clearly marked, easy to distinguish, and are consistantly labeled. There is actually quite a bit of room beneath the Italian to write your own translations of the score, which is what I prefer to do, as most of the translations in other scores are worthless. This is the complete vocal score, so cuts are not indicated, leaving the conductor to decide the placement of the cuts. A nice feature are clearly legible, consistant rehearsal numbers, which follow tradition, so even with a different score than other castmates or the conductor, I can still easily find my spot for rehearsals.On the downside, and this is typical for most scores, articulation mistakes are rather common, appoggiaturas are not labeled, and there are errors in ending rhythmic values. This is frustrating, as I pride myself on being an accurate musician, and it can get tedious when you have to relearn something through no fault of your own. It wasn't so evident on my part, which is quite small, but the main characters have to deal with quite a few instances of this.Funny, the reviewer of the Schirmer score for this opera said that the Ricordi score was more expensive. Perhaps it was in reference to a different Ricordi score, as this score was considerably cheaper than the Schirmer. Schirmer will suggest cuts and offer notes on Bel Canto performance practice, which may be useful to some, but I've sung a lot of this repertoire, so the practice is second Nature to me, and sometimes the Schirmer appoggiaturas (sp, it's early) are incorrect. It was a bargain and I needed the score quickly, so I gave it a 3/5 stars.

Great score, however, there was glue from the binding on the back cover and stuck between some of the pages. It didn’t impact any of the printing, but it stained the bottom edge of the score and some of the pages are a bit wonky.

well bound. Nicely printed

The print is very high quality. The fact that it does not have the English translation forces you to write out the English and, thus, learn what you are actually singing. I highly recommend this to any opera company. There are other editions, but this was the preferred one by our company.

This is a great edition of the Lucia piano / vocal score - of all the options this is the best.

...what's not to like?

Great price; arrived as shown!

The quality you would expect from Ricordi. Easier to read than other editions and a very nice plot synopsis at the front in multiple languages.

Score was delivered quickly and in superb condition. I am very fond of Ricordi editions: both the sheet music and the Italian-only libretto is printed in a legible size. The binding is robust but page turning isn't too much of a hassle. The paper used is of good quality.

Opera perfetta in un'edizione perfetta.Io con primé ho ricevuto lo spartito in un giorno solo.Amazon non delude mai!

È arrivato veloce. Solo c'è l'italiano come gli altri hanno notato. Ottimo!

Sono rimasta contenta x la celerità nella consegna,il pacco era confezionato perfettamente proteggendo il libro da umidità.Perfetto!Grazie

La partitura me ha llegado en la fecha prevista y en perfectas condiciones