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Adriana Lecouvreur

100% | Jan 01, 2010
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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.

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Jonas Kaufmann
Maurizio
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Angela Gheorghiu
Adriana Lecouvreur
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Olga Borodina
Princesse de Bouillon
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Iain Paton
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Featured Crew

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David McVicar
Director
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Charles Edward
Set Designer
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Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Costume Design
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Francesco Cilea
Original Music Composer
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Arturo Colautti
Writer
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Eugène Scribe
Original Story
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Ernest Legouvé
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François Roussillon
Director

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