At The Opera, Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur, March 10, 2018
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Adriana Lecouvreur is an opera in four acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé. It was first performed on November 6, 1902 at the Teatro Lirico in Milan.
The opera is based on the life of the French actress Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692–1730). While there are some actual historical figures in the opera, the episode it recounts is largely fictional, its death-by-poisoned violets plot device often signalled as verismo opera's least realistic. It is often condemned as being among the most confusing texts ever written for the stage, and cuts that have often been made in performance only make the story harder to follow.
Cast:
Renata Tebaldi - Adriana Lecouvreur
Mario Del Monaco – Maurizio
The Princess – Giuletta Simionato
Franco Capuana – conductor
Decca/London - 1962
8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
8:14 p.m.
Renata Tebaldi
Francesco Cilea
Adriana Lecouvreur
Orchestra e coro dell' Accademia di Santa Cecilla , Roma; Franco Capuana, conductor
11:13 p.m.
Maria Callas Tito Gobbi
Puccini
Act 2 Tosca Paris Opera Live 1958