Adriana Lecouvreur

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Jonas Kaufmann

Maurizio

Age : 55 | Popularity : 23%

Angela Gheorghiu

Adriana Lecouvreur

Age : 59 | Popularity : 9%

Olga Borodina

Princesse de Bouillon

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Alessandro Corbelli

Michonnet

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Iain Paton

Poisson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

David Soar

Quinault

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Janis Kelly

Mlle Jouvenot

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Maurizio Muraro

Prince de Bouillon

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	David McVicar François Roussillon
Art	Set Designer	Charles Edward
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Sound	Original Music Composer	Francesco Cilea
Writing	Writer	Arturo Colautti
	Original Story	Eugène Scribe Ernest Legouvé
Department	Role	Name

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