Adriana Lecouvreur (2010)

Adriana Lecouvreur (2010)

2010-01-01 United Kingdom 150 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Jonas Kaufmann is Maurizio
Angela Gheorghiu is Adriana Lecouvreur
Adriana Lecouvreur
Olga Borodina is Princesse de Bouillon
Princesse de Bouillon
Iain Paton is Poisson
Poisson
David Soar is Quinault
Quinault
Janis Kelly is Mlle Jouvenot
Mlle Jouvenot
Maurizio Muraro is Prince de Bouillon
Prince de Bouillon
Bonaventura Bottone is Abbé de Chazeuil
Abbé de Chazeuil
Abramo Ciullo is Major-Domo
Major-Domo
Barbara Rhodes is Mlle Duclos
Mlle Duclos
Kenneth Bryers is Pantalone