Adriana Lecouvreur
Running time: 3 hours 10 minutes ca. intermission included
FIRST ACT 36 minutes / Break 6 minutes / SECOND ACT 34 minutes / Pause 25 minutes / THIRD ACT 26 minutes / Pause 25 minutes / FOURTH ACT 38 minutes
Opera in four acts
Libretto by Arturo Colautti
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Wiener Staatsoper; Opéra National de Paris; San Francisco Opera Coproduction
Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus
| Conductor | Giampaolo Bisanti |
| Staging | David McVicar |
| Sets | Charles Edwards |
| Costumes | Brigitte Reiffenstuel |
| Lights | Adam Silverman |
| Choreography | Andrew George |
| Chorus Master | Alberto Malazzi |
CAST |
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| Maurizio |
Yusif Eyvazov (4, 6, 9, 12, 16, 19 Mar.) Freddie De Tommaso (10 Mar.) |
| Prince de Bouillon | Alessandro Spina |
| The Abbé de Chazeuil | Carlo Bosi |
| Michonnet |
Alessandro Corbelli (4, 6, 10, 19 Mar.) |
| Poisson | Francesco Pittari |
| Adriana |
Maria Agresta |
| Princess de Bouillon |
Anita Rachvelishvili (4 Mar.) Judit Kutasi (6, 9, 10, 12, 16, 19 Mar.) |
| Mad.lla Jouvenot | Caterina Sala |
| Mad.lla Dangeville | Svetlina Stoyanova |
| Quinault | Costantino Finucci |
| A servant | Paolo Nevi |
Francesco Cilea’s most famous opera is enjoying new popularity and esteem, winning over a new generation of operagoers. Although noted for legendary interpretations by the most venerated sopranos — Mafalda Favero, Renata Tebaldi, Clara Petrella, Mirella Freni, and Daniela Dessi — it has been absent from the Teatro alla Scala programme since 2007. It now returns in the production originally directed by David McVicar for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The outstanding Italian conductor Giampaolo Bisanti will be on the podium to lead today’s finest stage talents.
Due to indisposition, Anita Rachvelishvili will be replaced by Judit Kutasi in the role of The Princess of Bouillon in the performance of Adriana Lecouvreur on 6, 9, 10, 12, 16 and 19 March.
