Cilea’s four-act opera of jealousy and tangled love, first performed in Milan in 1902, is based on the true-life story of Adriana Lecouvreur, an 18th-Century actress at the Comédie Française, whose rival for the love of Maurizio, Count of Saxony, is the married Principessa di Bouillon.
Adriana Lecouvreur: Mirella Freni
Maurizio: Peter Dvorsky
Prince de Bouillon: Ivo Vinco
Princesse de Bouillon: Fiorenza Cossotto
Abbé de Chazeuil: Ernesto Gavazzi
Michonnet: Alessandro Cassis
Quinault: Giuseppe Riva
Poisson: Osvaldo Di Credico
Mlle Jouvenot: Patrizia Dordi
Mlle Dangeville: Sara Mingardo
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro alla Scala
Conductor: Giandrea Gavazzeni
Region: 0 (all Regions)
Running time: 159 mins
Picture: 4:3
Sound: Dolby Stereo