📜 Overview:
Starring Angela Gheorghiu as the celebrated French actress Adriana Lecouvreur and Jonas Kaufmann as her lover Maurizio, Count of Saxony, Cilea s verismo drama explores celebrity, romance, jealousy, and death. The trio of sublime voices is completed by Russian mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina as Adriana s jealous rival, the Princess de Bouillon. David McVicar s hit production the first performance of the opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden for more than a century presents the life of the French actress as a blurring of the distinction between fantasy and reality. The action revolves around a life-size Baroque Theatre, taking us from the bustle and colour of the first act backstage at the playhouse, to the bare final scenes as the drama reaches its fatal climax.
🌏 Languages Available:
Italian
📆 Date Released:
2010-01-01
⌚ Running Time:
150 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
10.0
Beloved Cast
Maurizio
Jonas Kaufmann
Adriana Lecouvreur
Angela Gheorghiu
Princesse de Bouillon
Olga Borodina
Michonnet
Alessandro Corbelli
Poisson
Iain Paton
Quinault
David Soar
Mlle Jouvenot
Janis Kelly
Prince de Bouillon
Maurizio Muraro
Abbé de Chazeuil
Bonaventura Bottone
Major-Domo
Abramo Ciullo
Mlle Duclos
Barbara Rhodes
Pantalone
Kenneth Bryers
Chambermaid
Keiko Hewitt-Teale
Conductor
Mark Elder
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
