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