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.
David McVicar, François Roussillon
Director
Jonas Kaufmann
Maurizio
Angela Gheorghiu
Adriana Lecouvreur
Olga Borodina
Princesse de Bouillon
Alessandro Corbelli
Michonnet
Iain Paton
Poisson
David Soar
Quinault
Janis Kelly
Mlle Jouvenot
Maurizio Muraro
Prince de Bouillon
Bonaventura Bottone
Abbé de Chazeuil
Abramo Ciullo
Major-Domo
Barbara Rhodes
Mlle Duclos
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