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.

Artists

Mirella Freni (Adriana Lecouvreur), Peter Dvorsky (Maurizio, Conte di Sassonia), Ivo Vinco (Il Principe di Bouillon), Fiorenza Cossotto (La Principessa di Bouillon), Ernesto Gavazzi (L’Abate di Chazeuil), Alessandro Cassis (Michonnet), Giuseppe Riva (Quinault), Osvaldo Di Credico (Poisson), Patrizia Dordi (Md.lla Jouvenot) & Sara Mingardo (Md.lla Dangeville)

Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Giandrea Gavazzeni