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German tenor
Jonas Kaufmann has a busy week ahead. He's in final rehearsals for his
appearance at the Royal Opera House as Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur.
Kaufmann is starring opposite Angela Gheorghiu, who shares the leading
role with Ángeles Blancas Gulín.
"You can't hold a performance alone, but if you have a partner like
Angela it's fantastic, because you can really dig into the emotions and
find a way to make this real, and make the audience understand, what they
are all suffering about. It's always more impressive to see people suffer
than see them enjoy!"
Adriana Lecouvreur was last performed at the Royal Opera House in 1906.
This is a new production by David McVicar, under the baton of Sir Mark
Elder, and is regarded as one of the major highlights of the Royal Opera
House's new season. It's the story of jealous rivalry in love set between
the worlds of the theatre and the aristocracy.
This opera is the perfect vehicle for Kaufmann to exercise his passion
for the 'verismo' style of singing:
"Verismo means - maybe you would
say now - the real thing! Those composers were really trying to squeeze as
much emotional background and information and passion as possible into the
music."
Adriana Lecouvreur opens on Thursday 18 November at the Royal Opera
House in London and runs until December.
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