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.
- Year : 2010
- Country : United Kingdom
- Genre : Music
- Studio : Decca
- Keyword : opera, opera live performance
- Director : David McVicar, François Roussillon
- Cast : Jonas Kaufmann, Angela Gheorghiu, Olga Borodina, Alessandro Corbelli, Iain Paton, David Soar
