Organization

Jader Bignamini

Conductor

Chorus master

Alessandro Di Stefano

Stage director

David McVicar

Set designer

Charles Edwards

Costume designer

Brigitte Reiffenstuel

Lighting designer

Adam Silverman

Choreographer

Andrew George

Singer

Soprano

Anna Netrebko

Adriana Lecouvreur

Anna Pirozzi

Tenor

Yusif Eyvazov

Maurizio

Giorgio Berrugi

Mezzo-soprano

Ekaterina Semenchuk

The Princess of Bouillon

Clémentine Margaine

Baritone

Ambrogio Maestri

Michonnet

Bass

Sava Vemić

The Prince of Bouillon

Leonardo Cortellazzi

The Abbe of Chazeuil

Alejandro Baliñas Vieites

Quinalt

Nicholas Jones

Poisson

Ilanah Lobel-Torres

Miss Jouvenot

Marine Chagnon

Miss Dangeville

Se-Jin Hwang

A major-domo

Wiener Staatsoper

Gran Teatre del Liceu

Opéra National de Paris

Royal Opera House

Choeurs de l´Opéra national de Paris

San Francisco Opera

Orchester de l'Opéra national de Paris

Italian

Paris

France

Opéra Bastille

Adriana Lecouvreur Cilea

Public

French

English

Approved

The life of Adrienne Lecouvreur, member of the Comédie-Française and admired by Voltaire, was as brief as her death was mysterious. Was she really poisoned b...

The life of Adrienne Lecouvreur, member of the Comédie-Française and admired by Voltaire, was as brief as her death was mysterious. Was she really poisoned by a bouquet of violets sent by her rival, the Princess de Bouillon, who was in love with the same man as her: Maurice de Saxe? Whatever the case, such is the plot of Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé's play, which inspired Francesco Cilea's librettists. The Italian composer, close to the verist movement, drew on their material to write a refined score, which premiered in Milan in 1902 with Caruso in the role of Maurizio. At the Opéra Bastille, David McVicar's staging, as refined as a painting by Watteau, resurrects a lively 18th century in which the passions of life on stage echo those of real life.

La vie d’Adrienne Lecouvreur, sociétaire de la Comédie-Française, admirée par Voltaire, fut aussi brève que sa mort mystérieuse. Fut-elle vraiment empoisonnée par un bouquet de violettes envoyé par sa rivale, la princesse de Bouillon, amoureuse du même homme qu’elle : Maurice de Saxe ? Telle est en tout cas la trame de la pièce d’Eugène Scribe et Ernest Legouvé dont s’inspirent les librettistes de Francesco Cilea. Le compositeur italien, proche du courant vériste, y a trouvé matière pour une partition raffinée, créée à Milan en 1902 avec Caruso dans le rôle de Maurizio. À l’Opéra Bastille, la mise en scène de David Mc Vicar, raffinée comme un tableau de Watteau, ressuscite un XVIIIe siècle bouillonnant où les passions de la vie sur scène font échos aux passions de la vie réelle.

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea, From (2024/2024), Directed by David McVicar,, Conductor Jader Bignamini

Credits (Cast & Crew)