COMPOSERS: Cilea
LABELS: Medici Arts
WORKS: Adriana Lecouvreur
PERFORMER: Dessì, Larin, Giuseppini; Teatro alla Scala/Roberto Rizzi Brignoli; dir. Lamberto Puggelli (Milan, 2000)
CATALOGUE NO: 2050098
Daniela Dessì is a touching Adriana, on the side of the angels, though why she would have fallen for Sergei Larin’s wooden Maurizio is a mystery. Lamberto Puggelli’s production is handsomely upholstered as is Cilea’s score. Christopher Cook