Francesco Cilèi's Adriana Lecouvreur in a new staging by Sir David McVicar will be broadcast from The Metropolitan Opera to cinemas on January 12, 2019. The main roles will be performed by Piotr Beczała and Anna Netrebko. The Warsaw Cinema Praha invites you to broadcast at 6.35 p.m.

Adriana Lecouvreur occupies a unique place in the repertory: largely dismissed by experts from its premiere in 1902 to the present day yet cherished by its fans for the dramatic possibilities provided by the lead roles. The opera is a deft combination of frank emotionalism and flowing lyricism, with pseudo-historical spectacle. Based on a play by Eugène Scribe, the story was inspired by the real-life intrigues of famed actress Adrienne Lecouvreur and the legendary soldier—and lover—Maurice of Saxony. Cilea's operatic retelling quickly became a favorite of charismatic soloists. The title character in particular is a quintessential diva role.

The score of Adriana Lecouvreur relies on elegance and a deft weaving of themes rather than symphonic grandeur. There are nods to a neo-Rococo style, especially in Act III’s dance sequences, but generally the score serves to showcase the singers. Lyricism abounds in the solos, particularly in the tenor’s “La dolcissima effigie” in Act I and Adriana’s Act I aria “Io son l’umile ancella,” whose arching line and theme of the singer as “the humble handmaiden of the creative genius” have made it a soprano anthem of sorts.

The list of places in Poland where you can watch broadcasts from Met is available here.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: http://www.kinopraha.pl