PH Celea’s Adriana Lecouvreur by the Royal Opera The twists of the plot involve intercepted letters, a house with a secret room, and a “red herring” character who is mentioned frequently but never appears. The poisoned bunch of violets that finally snuffs out the heroine is sheer over the top Agatha Christie. Perched between […]
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Opera review: Adriana Lecouvreur at the Royal Opera House
In Italy he was reasonably highly regarded, but he made little impact in the rest of the world and was soon forgotten. Two soprano arias from his best opera, Adriana Lecouvreur, have remained in the concert repertoire, but performances of the whole opera became a rarity. It was seen at Covent Garden in 1906, then […]
