{"product_id":"cilea-adriana-lecouvreur","title":"CILEA: Adriana Lecouvreur - Mirella Freni, La Scala (DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/about_this_recording_transparent_black_shadow_2_7f1bb96b-e3d3-415f-a0d9-093dfd02207b_480x480.png?v=1634657657\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCilea: Adriana Lecouvreur\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMirella Freni (Adriana Lecouvreur); Peter Dvorsky (Maurizio); Sara Mingardo (Md. lla Dangeville); Ernesto Gavazzi (L'Abate de Chazeuil);\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOrchestra \u0026amp; Chorus of La Scala; Gianandrea Gavazzeni\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStage Director(s): Lamberto Puggelli\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCilea'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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/REVIEWS_TRANSPARENT_BACKGROUND_15991875-8514-44b1-841f-4f09f0e23f2e_480x480.png?v=1634661383\" alt=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/REVIEWS_TRANSPARENT_BACKGROUND_15991875-8514-44b1-841f-4f09f0e23f2e_480x480.png?v=1634661383\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Mirella Freni in the title-role as the great singing actress might easily have been overparted, but her projection is strong and positive, with the tenderness of her two big arias well caught. Peter Dvorsky is first rate as Maurizio, strong, firm and unstrained, and Fiorenza Cossotto with her rich mezzo makes a splendid foil for Freni. Visually, with Brian Large as video director, the extravagance of the elaborate and ultra-realistic sets and costumes is wonderfully brought out.\" (The Penguin Guide)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExtra features\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIncludes a 32 page booklet with libretto by Colautti after the play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OPUS ARTE","offers":[{"title":"Freni\/Dvorsky\/Vinco\/Teatro alla Scala","offer_id":40276110377156,"sku":"809478030119","price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/71jNhSErOPL._SL1024.jpg?v=1634661740","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/de-de\/products\/cilea-adriana-lecouvreur","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}