Review: Adriana Lecouvreur (Opera Australia)
Director Rosetta Cucchi’s striking conception and a surprise role debut made Francesco Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur an unmissable theatrical event.
Deborah Jones is a writer specialising in dance. A former long-serving Arts Editor of The Australian, she is currently the newspaper’s national dance critic and also reviews musical theatre and theatre. She is the Sydney correspondent for London-based Opera magazine and Vancouver-based Dance International.
Director Rosetta Cucchi’s striking conception and a surprise role debut made Francesco Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur an unmissable theatrical event.
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