Adriana Lecouvreur in Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur"

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Adriana Lecouvreur in Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur" is the tragic title heroine of Francesco Cilea’s verismo opera, a celebrated 18th-century French actress whose doomed love affair and dramatic death drive the work’s emotional core.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
opera character
soprano role
title role
appearsIn Adriana Lecouvreur (opera)
basedOn Adriana Lecouvreur (historical actress)
centralThemeRole art versus life
doomed love affair
jealousy
createdBy Arturo Colautti
Francesco Cilea
deathCauseContext jealous intrigue
diesFrom poisoned violets
dramaticClimax onstage recitation from Racine's "Phèdre"
dramaticFunction tragic heroine
dramaticTrait deeply devoted in love
impulsive
passionate
famousAria "Io son l'umile ancella"
"Poveri fiori"
firstPerformancePlace Teatro Lirico, Milan
firstPerformanceYear 1902
hasOccupation actress
isProtagonistOf Adriana Lecouvreur (opera)
languageOfWork Italian
librettoSource play "Adrienne Lecouvreur" by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé
loveInterestOf Maurizio
nationality French
notableInterpreter Angela Gheorghiu
Anna Netrebko
Magda Olivero
Mirella Freni
Montserrat Caballé
Renata Scotto
Renata Tebaldi
operaGenreContext verismo
professionContext Comédie-Française actress
relationshipDynamic love triangle with Maurizio and Princess de Bouillon
rivalOf Princess de Bouillon
symbolicRole artist destroyed by passion and intrigue
timePeriod 18th century
vocalFach lyric soprano
spinto soprano

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Renata Tebaldi famousRole Adriana Lecouvreur in Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur"
Adriana Lecouvreur (character) isProtagonistOf Adriana Lecouvreur (opera)
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