© Vincent Pontet / OnP
Adriana Lecouvreur
Opéra Bastille
19h30
Dress Cocktail attire
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.
Adriana Lecouvreur
Production de 2014 - David McVicar
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Music
Francesco Cilea
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ConductorJader Bignamini
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Chorus masterAlessandro Di Stefano
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Libretto
Arturo Colautti
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Director
David McVicar
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Set design
Charles Edwards
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Costume design
Brigitte Reiffenstuel
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Lighting design
Adam Silverman
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Choreography
Andrew George
Cast
Netrebko
Adriana Lecouvreur
Eyvazov
Maurizio, Conte di Sassonia
Semenchuk
La Principessa di Bouillon
Maestri
Michonnet
Vemić
Il Principe di Bouillon
Cortellazzi
L'Abate di Chazeuil
Vieites
Quinault
Jones
Poisson
Lobel-Torres
Madamigella Jouvenot
Chagnon
Madamigella Dangeville
Hwang
Un Maggiordomo
Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Coproduction with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres, the Gran teatre Del Liceu, Barcelone, the Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, and the San Francisco Opera, San Francisco