Your Reaction: What did you think of Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur 2017?
8 February 2017
Your thoughts on David McVicar's sumptuous production of this tragic opera.
News and features regarding ‘Adriana Lecouvreur by David McVicar’
Set piece: The challenges of re-creating a Baroque theatre for The Royal Opera’s Adriana Lecouvreur
1 February 2017
Covent Garden’s production of Cilea’s best-known work features a spectacular working model in homage to a golden age of theatre.
Adriana Lecouvreur musical highlight: Princesse de Bouillon’s aria ‘Acerba voluttà, dolce tortura’
19 January 2017
Cilea writes a fiery, impassioned aria for his villainess – proof that in opera, even baddies can be pitiable.
Who was the real Adrienne Lecouvreur? The true story behind Cilea's opera
18 January 2017
The French actress’s glamorous life and sudden death inspired countless tales of murderous crimes of passion – including Adriana Lecouvreur.
Opera Essentials: Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur
12 January 2017
Our quick introduction to Cilea’s impassioned theatre tragedy, sumptuously realized in David McVicar’s Royal Opera production.
10 of opera's greatest mezzo-soprano roles
19 December 2016
Carmen isn’t the only sensual starring mezzo role – we round up some of our favourites, from Donizetti to Birtwistle.
Some things are better left unsung: Why composers use speech in opera
2 November 2015
Composers have long explored the gamut of vocal expression from a whisper to a scream.
Opera in the City of Love: Paris as muse
13 May 2015
Composers have been inspired by everything about the French capital – from its seediness to its troubled political history – but most of all by its air of romance.