Adriana Lecouvreur

Adriana Lecouvreur

Cilea’s four-act opera of jealousy and tangled love, first performed in Milan in 1902, is based on the true-life story of Adriana Lecouvreur, an 18th-Century actress at the Comédie Française, whose rival for the love of Maurizio, Count of Saxony, is the married Principessa di Bouillon. Mirella Freni sings the title part in this production, Gianandrea Gavazzeni conducts the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala.

  • No: A00007079
  • Genre: Opera
  • Composer: Francesco Cilèa
  • Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
  • Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
  • Artists: Fiorenza Cossotto, Ivo Vinco, Mirella Freni, Peter Dvorksky
  • Director: Stage Director: Lamberto Puggelli
  • Production year: 1989
  • Run time: 02:37:00
  • Producers: UNITEL
  • Format: 4:3