Adriana Lecouvreur

2010 2h 30m IT

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8.5

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★8.5TMDB · 2

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Synopsis

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Starring Angela Gheorghiu as the celebrated French actress Adriana Lecouvreur and Jonas Kaufmann as her lover Maurizio, Count of Saxony, Cilea s verismo drama explores celebrity, romance, jealousy, and death. The trio of sublime voices is completed by Russian mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina as Adriana s jealous rival, the Princess de Bouillon. David McVicar s hit production the first performance of the opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden for more than a century presents the life of the French actress as a blurring of the distinction between fantasy and reality. The action revolves around a life-size Baroque Theatre, taking us from the bustle and colour of the first act backstage at the playhouse, to the bare final scenes as the drama reaches its fatal climax.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Jonas Kaufmann
Maurizio
Angela Gheorghiu
Adriana Lecouvreur
Olga Borodina
Princesse de Bouillon
Alessandro Corbelli
Michonnet
Iain Paton
Poisson
David Soar
Quinault
Janis Kelly
Mlle Jouvenot
Maurizio Muraro
Prince de Bouillon

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David McVicar
Writers: Arturo Colautti, Eugène Scribe, Ernest Legouvé
Languages: Italian
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 7

ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Francesco Cilea. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Jonas Kaufmann and Angela Gheorghiu and Olga Borodina carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2254056 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

David McVicar directs. Francesco Cilea scores. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in Italian.

Trivia

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1Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 16 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by Francesco Cilea. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Jonas Kaufmann and Angela Gheorghiu and Olga Borodina carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt2254056 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.