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Sep 16, 2026

Wiener Staatsoper 2026-27 Review: Adriana Lecouvreur

(Photo: © Wiener Staatsoper / Marcel Urlaub) Few operas blur the line between theatrical fiction and real-world tragedy quite as dramatically as Francesco Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur.” Premiered in 1902 at the height of Italian verismo, the work dramatizes the glamorous life and mysterious, poison-laced death of the historic 18th-century Comédie-Française actress. Driven by a lush score rich in soaring melodies, {…}

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