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The Swedish mezzo accepts her award from the Birgit Nilsson foundation with an impressive prizewinner’s recital.

The Armenian-Australian soprano steps in for an indisposed Ermonela Jaho in Rosetta Cucchi's staging of Cilea's verismo masterpiece. 

In Verbier's Salle des Combins, despite the change of programme, Ambrogio Maestri and Maria Bayankina deliver stand-out performances. 

Anna Netrebko triumphs at the Deutsche Oper in a concert performance of Cilea’s masterpiece, under the baton of Michelangelo Mazza.

A good, honest staging and solid singing add up to an excellent new production – its third – at Opera Holland Park. 

Although Adriana Lecouvreur could never be referred to as one of the world’s greatest operas, Anna Netrebko, Anita Rachvelishvili and Piotr Beczała give it the star treatment at the Metropolitan Opera. 

Isabelle Patriot-Pieri's new production is a quirky mix of traditional and the opposite; Netrebko shows her star quality; Eyvasov impresses.

Musically and scenically sumptuous melodrama with a solid cast in Karlsruhe.

Gerald Finley's velvet baritone lights up this revival of David McVicar's production of Cilea's murder story

A piece of Italian verismo well worth being in the repertoire, beautifully staged and sung.

School’s out for summer and with it the opportunity for the Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists to showcase their talents in the end of term main stage performance. 

Martin Lloyd-Evan's highly sensitive production features a show-stealing performance by Richard Burkhard but is marred by problems of orchestral balance.

It’s more than a little surprising that Francesco Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur is first gracing the stage of the Staatsoper in 2014, 112 years after its première.It is, therefore, disappointing that this co-production with Covent Garden is not more successful, despite its many excellent qualities.

This Easter, New Yorkers had a rare chance to hear soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci in Alice Tully Hall. It was only Antonacci’s second appearance in the city, but based on the warm welcome she received from the audience, her reputation preceded her. And by the end of this outstanding recital, it was clear that the city has been missing out on her artistry.

“I will return! I want to again be intoxicated by the triumphant smile of art!” proclaims the actress Adriana Lecouvreur in the extravagant opera of the same title. With this role, the soprano Angela Gheorghiu returned to New York in the first performance of the Opera Orchestra of New York’s Carnegie Hall season.

Giacomo Puccini comprehensively eclipsed the other Italian composers of his era. Three of them remain in the repertoire as one hit wonders: Mascagni, Leoncavallo and Francesco Cilea, whose four act Adriana Lecouvreur opened at Covent Garden last night.

El tenor se manejó con destreza, oficio y soltura y en un recital en el que no faltaron momentos brillantes.

Javier Camarena arrastró al público por un torrente emocional y triunfó en su debut en el Palau de la Música de Valencia.

La poco conocida ópera Adriana Lecouvreur de Francesco Cilea cierra la temporada del Teatro de la Maestranza. Al encanto de la partitura y la bondad interpretativa de la Orquesta de Sevilla se unió un elenco de excepción encabezado por la soprano Ainhoa Arteta.

Anna Netrebko und Piotr Beczała brillieren unter dem eleganten Dirigat von Evelino Pidò. Ein Pflichttermin für Diven-Verehrer und Freunde opulenter Ausstattung.

Sonya Yoncheva et Saimir Pirgu ont eu pour mission de clore l'édition 2016 des Chorégies d'Orange. Une mission perilleuse ! 

Dans le cadre des Nuits de l'Orangerie, Anna Netrebko avait concocté le 4 juillet un programme d'opéra italien quasi en famille, à destination de ses nombreux fans : ceux-ci n'ont pas été déçus.

La nouvelle production de l’Opéra Bastille marque par la qualité du plateau vocal et la beauté des costumes