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Adriana Lecouvrer

FRANCESCO CILEA

Performances

3 March 1935 - Tunis, Theatre Municipal - Campigna, Poli, Garuti, Satariano; Cordone
8 September 1948 - La Scala - Favero, Modesti, Boriello, Mariani; Berrettoni
2 June 1949 - Genoa, Teatro Carlo Felice - Favero, Prandelli, Boriello; Gavazzeni
13 November 1957 - Chicago Lyric Opera - Tebaldi, Di Stefano, Badioli, Gobbi; Solti
4 January 1958 - La Scala - Petrella, Di Stefano/Filacuridi, Franco Calabrese/Badioli, Bastianini/Fioravanti; Votto
8 May 1958 - Rome, Teatro dell'Opera - Olivero, Huder, Palmeri, Tagliavini; La Rosa Parodi
9 July 1958 - La Scala - Campora, Cassinelli, Olivero, Fioravanti; Gavazzeni
28 November 1959 - Naples, Teatro San Carlo - Olivero/Frazzoni, Corelli, Bastianini; Basile

Photographs

Recordings

1961 DECCA - Tebaldi, Del Monaco, Fioravanti; Capuana
28 November 1959 - Naples, Teatro San Carlo - Olivero, Corelli, Bastianini; Rossi

Reviews

January 1958 "Giulietta Simionato, a stupendous interpreter of the Princess of Boullion, scored the most significant triumph of the evening. Once again the great mezzo-soprano has been able to find truthful accents and dramatic impact that would seem to have been lacking in the modest score." Giovanni Carli Ballola, 6 Jan. 1958
November 1959 "By now it has become useless to say it, because everyone knows the resources of her artistry - she is always magnificent" Il Corriere Lombardo, 9 Jul. 1958
"My memories of her [Simionato] go back to a night in Rome 1958, when I heard heard her for the first time opposite Magda Olivero in Adriana Lecouvreur. The two of these authentic heroines together were like a body blow. It took weeks to assimilate the impact of the blow" John Ardoin (musicologist), Giulietta Simionato: How Simionato became Queen, 156-7.

Anecdotes

In November 1957 Simionato sang Adrianna in Chicago with Tebaldi, Di Stefano and Gobbi. One evening she fell and sprained her ankle, she wished to continue however and had to finish the performance in a wheel chair.