Roberto Alagna

Roberto Alagna

ADRIANA LECOUVREUR - Ciléa - Monaco

Opera

Adriana Lecouvreur  
Opera in four acts by Francesco Cilea
to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti,
based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé.
It was first performed on 6 November 1902 at the Teatro Lirico in Milan.
 

Performances

Forum Grimaldi

 

As part of Monaco's national holiday

 

 19th November 2017

23th November 2017

26th November 2017

 

 

Cast 

 

Adrienne Lecouvreur : Barbara Frittoli

La Princesse de Bouillon : Marianne Cornetti

Mademoiselle Jouvenot : Diletta Scandiuzzi

Mademoiselle Dangeville : Loriana Castellano

 

Maurizio comte de Saxe : Roberto Alagna

Michonnet : Alberto Mastromarino

Abbé de Chazeuil : Alessandro Spina

 

  

Opéra de Monaco Orchestra and choors

 

Conductor : Maurizio Benini

Production : Davide Livermore

Set Designer : Davide Livermore et Gio Forma

Costumes Designer  : Gianluca Falaschi

Choreography : Eugénie Andrin

 

New Production 

Coproduction with the Opéra de Saint Etienne and the Opéra de Marseille

 

Press Review

 

Nice Matin et Monaco Matin - André Peyregne - 19/11/2017

 

"Awesome operatic spectacle for the national day, extraordinary performance "
 
"The cast is dominated by the presence of Roberto Alagna in the role of the handsome young count ... [...] A show worthy of a very great feast in Monaco!" (► Nice Matin) "The singers are all of international standards. At the top of course, the 'star' of this extraordinary performance of Adriana Lecouvreur, Roberto Alagna, with a young and valiant voice. This Lecouvreur is to be praised!" (► Monaco Matin)
 
 

Art Cote d'Azur - Caroline Boudet-Lefort - 19/11/2017

"A show of a breathtakingly beauty for both ear and eye, a high-class cast, Roberto Alagna a golden-voiced brilliant performer"
 
EXCERPT "With his golden voice, Roberto Alagna is the brilliant performer of the man Adriana loves and who loves her. He proclaims this love in a calm and firm voice, which reveals all the shimmering flexibility of his singing. In the title role, soprano Barbara Frittoli forms with him a resplendent pair, while mezzo-soprano Marianne Cornetti superbly interprets her rival. The whole cast is high-class."
 
 
 

Musicologie.org - Jean-Luc Vannier - 26/11/2017

 
"Sumptuous Adriana Lecouvreur, Roberto Alagna overpowers everything in his path. Ease, stature, soundness, substance ..." 
 
"The tenor, is it any wonder, overpowers everything in his path: from the recent Carmen in Bastille in 2017 to the passionate love at the Prince's Palace in 2014 - to take just these two examples far apart in terms of vocal range - Roberto Alagna gives with his usual ease in his sustained and faithful 'forte', all the stature, ardor, soundness and substance to the character of Maurizio, Count of Saxony."
 
 

Gliamicidellamusica.net - Simone Tomei - 26/11/2017

 
"Great style, clear and luminous voice, nuanced touches, excellent rise towards the top notes, virtuosity and acting skills of a great performer" 
 
EXCERPT (from Italian): "With great style, Roberto Alagna as Maurizio was able to embody the tender lover torn between his duty of state and the feelings of his soul; The voice is clear, sonorous and luminous, adorned with a phrasing always adequate and elegant; the rise towards the top notes is excellently performed with a remarkable rendition of the aria of the first act "The dolcissima effigie sorridente" which reveals a whole range of colors through which, thanks to nuanced touches, he superbly outlines the more vehement features - but always refined and sensual - of his character. "L'anima ho stanca" takes our protagonist in a more dramatic atmosphere where pastel colors give way to a darker and bleaker tone, depicting with an ideal dramatic force his heartbroken character, with all the virtuosity and acting skills of a great performer."

 

Interview

 

Nice Matin - Cédric Verany - 18-11-2017

 

Roberto Alagna ahead of his performance in Monaco: "My desire is to satisfy the audience" 


❝ Roberto Alagna is the centerpiece of the cast of the opera Adriana Lecouvreur which will be performed on Sunday, November 19 at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo to close Monaco's National Day. The tenor endorses the role of the Count of Saxony in the work by Francesco Cilea for the 2nd time in his career. Reached on the phone, he confides in an airy voice that he "always wakes up in a good mood". Between two rehearsal sessions, Roberto Alagna gives us a few minutes to talk about his comeback in the Principality. He wasn't involved in a production at the Opera Monte-Carlo for 5 years. This project delights Roberto Alagna, happy to return to this role: one of his favorites among those many who mark three decades of career that led him to the status of international opera star. ❞ 

 


EXCERPTS:
►"It's always interesting to portray a historical figure, even if the author has probably made him a more romantic hero than in actual fact. There is a duality by the Count of Saxony, a fallen prince, who enters a political game to win back his throne. As well as his love for actress Adriana Lecouvreur ... It's a fantastic work and the music is very beautiful, I must say that it's a pleasure to return to this role because I waited a long time for it in my career and I had a few missed opportunities. What is funny is that I was offered to perform it in Vienna, at the same time this year, but I had already signed for Monte Carlo."
►"Monte-Carlo is a place that I love, the last opera I played here is Cyrano, but I came back several times in Monaco to sing in other genres, so I'm happy to be back, this time , with an opera, and I can not wait to perform again before the audience! (laughs) It's always frustrating to sing in front of the empty room during the rehearsals, I believe we should more frequently allow people to attend the rehearsals, or why not to stream them online? The public would see the amount of work behind the preparation of a role . Some artists find it difficult to rehearse in front of a full room, personally, I find that the public brings an interesting adrenaline."
►"My desire is to satisfy the people who are listening to me now, I live the present moment, it is a philosophy that I apply every day because I have the feeling that we are forgetting the magic of the moment. I told it to my daughter Ornella, when she was very young: enjoy this day, because it will not come again."
►"Upcoming projects? I have plenty of ideas, running through my head. But it's complicated to deal with the schedules that are signed five years in advance My next project will be in duet with my wife, Aleksandra Kurzak, around great opera arias. As regards the opera roles, I would like to be chosen one day for Fedora. It is not new, I bought the score in 1988, while I was involved in the Pavarotti's competition. That said, I have been very privileged, I think I have had a lot of lucky moments in my career."

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