Adriana Lecouvreur from Convent Garden in HD

Direct to the Berkshires on October 23

By: Susan Hall - Oct 12, 2011

 

Adriana Lecouvreur
From the Royal Opera House, London, England
Conducted by Mark Elder
Directed by David McVicar
Adriana Lecouvreur: ANGELA GHEORGHIU 
Poisson: IAIN PATON
Maurizio: JONAS KAUFMANN 
Quinault: DAVID SOAR
Princesse De Bouillon: OLGA BORODINA 
Mademoiselle Jouvenot: JANIS KELLY
Michonnet: ALESSANDRO CORBELLI 
Mademoiselle Dangeville: SARAH CASTLE
Prince De Bouillon: MAURIZIO MURARO 
Abbé De Chazeuil: BONAVENTURA BOTTONE

This looks like a terrific production with David McVicar at the helm and featuring not only Gheorghiu and Kaufman, but Janis Kelly, who performed Pat Nixon and is the go-to diva for Rufus Wainwright's Prima Donna.  Also in the cast, the great Olga Borodina.  Mark Elder conducts.

Based on a play by Scribe and Legouvé, and composed by Francesco Cilea, this promises to be a special HD occasion.  

Berkshire Museum, 39 South Street, Pittsfield, October 23 and November 1.