See the pretty diva in that mirror there
The diva must be a Diva in Adriana Lecouvreur. Fact.
105 pieces since 2010 — at 8 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
3 pieces as Royal Opera House — stats above show all coverage for David McVicar.
View allThe diva must be a Diva in Adriana Lecouvreur. Fact.
David McVicar’s ravishingly lurid 2008 production of Strauss’s Salome for the Royal Opera House Covent Garden has been issued as an HD-filmed DVD from Opus Arte. Now, Strauss’s music is ravishingly lurid on its own, so I came to this production, which claims as a visual source reference the Pasolini film Salo, The 120 Days […]
I saw the final dress rehearsal of Adriana Lecouvreur at the Royal Opera House on Monday this week, and I think I have never seen the place so crowded for such an event. No wonder, for here was a cast you might dream of, in a highly finished piece of work mounted by one of […]
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