Adriana Lecouvreur at the Met

Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur

Metropolitan Opera 
 January 1-January 26 at the Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center

Conductor    Gianandra Noseda
Production    Sir David McVicar 
Adriana Lecouvreur   Anna Netrebko 
Princesss of Boulillon   Anita Rachvelishvili
Maurizio                Pitor Beczala
The Abbé                Carlo Bosi
Michonnet               Ambrogi Maestri
Prince of Bouillon       Maurizio Muraro 

Co-Production of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London; Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona; Wiener Staatsoper; San Francisco Opera; L'Opera National de Paris 
 
 Anna Netrebko, left, with mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili  
Sara Krulwich photo/The New York Times 



 
Piotr Beczala as Maurizio and Anna Netrebko as Adriana Lecouvreur
Sara Krulwich photo/New York Times






 
Netrebko: Fedra's Monologue  Video by Metropolitan Opera
 


Anthony Tommasini's review--click here:

Anita Rachvelishvili is "without doubt the best Verdi mezzo-soprano today on the planet," according to the conductor Riccardo Muti (whom I hold in high esteem).

Zachary Woolfe writes about Anita Rachvelishvili for the NY Times:
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