The stage manager steals the show – Adriana Lecouvreur at Opera Holland Park

By David Karlin, 25 July 2014

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Reviewed at Holland Park Theatre, London on 24 July 2014

Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur

Manlio Benzi, Conductor

Martin Lloyd-Evans, Director

Jamie Vartan, Set Designer

Cheryl Barker, Adriana Lecouvreur

Maud Miller, Mlle Jouvenot

Chloe Hinton, Mlle Dangeville

Tiziana Carraro, Princesse de Bouillon

Robert Burt, Abbé de Chazeuil

Peter Auty, Maurizio

Peter Davoren, Poisson

Richard Burkhard, Michonnet

Simon Wilding, Prince de Bouillon

Ian Beadle, Quinault

City of London Sinfonia

Opera Holland Park Chorus

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David Karlin

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.