Francesco Cilea Adriana Lecouvreur

Adriana Lecouvreur is an account in music of the circumstances that led to the suspected murder of a star of the ComédieFrançaise Verismo prides itself on its realism but rarely are its operas based on a true story Francesco Cileas most popular work took its inspiration from the welldocumented career and death of Adrienne Lecouvreur a celebrated actress of the early eighteenth century Her performances were a revelation She brought a realism to the parts she played that had rarely been seen before her