Your Reaction: What did you think of Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur 2017?
Your thoughts on David McVicar's sumptuous production of this tragic opera.
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Your thoughts on David McVicar's sumptuous production of this tragic opera.
Covent Garden’s production of Cilea’s best-known work features a spectacular working model in homage to a golden age of theatre.
Cilea writes a fiery, impassioned aria for his villainess – proof that in opera, even baddies can be pitiable.
The French actress’s glamorous life and sudden death inspired countless tales of murderous crimes of passion – including Adriana Lecouvreur.
Our quick introduction to Cilea’s impassioned theatre tragedy, sumptuously realized in David McVicar’s Royal Opera production.
Carmen isn’t the only sensual starring mezzo role – we round up some of our favourites, from Donizetti to Birtwistle.
Composers have long explored the gamut of vocal expression from a whisper to a scream.
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.