Movie Details
Cast & Crew
D
David McVicar
Director
C
Charles Edward
Set Designer
B
Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Costume Design
F
Francesco Cilea
Original Music Composer
E
Eugène Scribe
Original Story
Adriana Lecouvreur
Audience Score
2 hr 30 minMusic
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 mezzosoprano 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 lifesize 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
WriterArturo Colautti
