Pittsburgh Festival Opera will present Adriana Lecouvreur on September 8 at the newly renovated Carnegie Music Hall. Inspired by the scandalous life of French actress Adrienne Leouvreur, this concert ...

This production, directed by David McVicar and with sets by Charles Edwards, was first staged in 2010 and is returning to Covent Garden for a first revival. It is a spectacular affair, if ...

Season 13 of Great Performances at the Met continues Sunday, May 12 at 12 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) with Cilea’s classic Adriana Lecouvreur starring Anna Netrebko in the title role of the ...

Adriana is assaulted by Tsargo, an acquaintance whom she rejected, and becomes pregnant. The child, Yonas, learns the truth about his origin only in his late teens and vows to kill his father. Each of ...

Soprano Anna Netrebko joins the ranks of Renata Tebaldi, Montserrat Caballé, and Renata Scotto, taking on—for the first time at the Met—the title role of the real-life French actress who dazzled ...

Angela Gheorghiu's actress, dressed for Racine, succumbs to the ardour of Jonas Kaufmann's soldier-lover The stage, of course, is an important metaphor as well as a vehicle for Cilea's naturalistic ...