Adriana Lecouvreur
Adriana Lecouvreur. Opera in 4 acts by Cilea to lib. by Colautti from play of same name by Scribe and Legouvé (1849). Prod. Milan 1902; London 1904; New Orleans 1907. Adriana was one of greatest 18th-cent. Fr. tragic actresses, much admired by Voltaire.
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