Adriana Lecouvreur

Adriana Lecouvreur

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 1, 2009

Runtime

2h 31m

Genres

Music

Original Title

Adriana Lecouvreur

Production Companies

Arthaus Musik

Director

Lorenzo Mariani

Description

In the present stylised production by Lorenzo Mariani the 'violet-perfumed murderess' is taken by mezzo-soprano Marianne Cornetti, one of the most in-demand representatives of her vocal category. Opposite her, in the role of Adriana, is a soprano who as a Verdi and verismo specialist also appears regularly at all the major international opera houses, Micaela Carosi. The 'cock-of-the-walk' role is sung by the world-class tenor Marcelo Álvarez. His timbre, velvety smooth yet robustly virile, is ideally suited to a vocal characterisation of the idolised Maurizio. Conductor Renato Palumbo is very much at home with Cilea's operatic masterpiece, since the Italian Romantic and verismo periods are at the core of his extensive repertoire.