Adriana Lecouvreur

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.

• Release date
• January 1, 2010
• Runtime
• 150 min
• Genres
• Music
• Director
• David McVicar

Cast

Jonas Kaufmann Maurizio Angela Gheorghiu Adriana Lecouvreur Olga Borodina Princesse de Bouillon Alessandro Corbelli Michonnet

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Iain Paton Poisson

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David Soar Quinault Janis Kelly Mlle Jouvenot Maurizio Muraro Prince de Bouillon