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.

Cast

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