Lucia di Lammermoor is a highlight of Belcanto and a key work of Italian romantic opera. Forced by her brother into a marriage of convenience, Lucia stabs her groom on their wedding night, loses her sanity, and hallucinates her wedding to her lover Edgardo. This legendary mad scene continues to captivate audiences today with its exalted coloratura. For Maria Callas, Edita Gruberova, and more recently Anna Netrebko, Lucia has become a signature role. Therefore, the specialist in 19th and 20th-century Italian opera, Olaf Matthias Roth, dedicates a detailed discussion of these significant interpreters in his introduction.