Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur at the Royal Opera

Por David Karlin, 01 diciembre 2010

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Crítica hecha desde Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres el 18 noviembre 2010

Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur

The Royal Opera

Sir Mark Elder, Dirección

Sir David McVicar, Dirección de escena

Angela Gheorghiu, Adriana Lecouvreur

Jonas Kaufmann, Maurizio

Maurizio Muraro, Prince de Bouillon

Michaela Schuster, Princesse de Bouillon

Alessandro Corbelli, Michonnet

Bonaventura Bottone, Abbé de Chazeuil

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David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.