Drea de Matteo Drea de Matteo Andrea Donna de Matteo (; born January 19, 1972) is an American actress, known for her roles as Angie Bolen on ABC's "Desperate Housewives", Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom "Joey", Wendy Case on FX series "Sons of Anarchy", and Adriana La Cerva on the HBO drama series "The Sopranos", a role for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She played Det. Tess Nazario in NBC's "Shades of Blue". De Matteo, of Italian descent, was born in Whitestone, Queens, New York. Her mother, Donna, is a
Adriana Lecouvreur this opera that the Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo made his Met debut in 1968, alongside Renata Tebaldi in the title role. He sang again in "Adriana Lecouvreur" in February 2009. The title role in "Adriana Lecouvreur" has always been a favorite of sopranos with large voices, which tend to sit less at the very top of their range. This part has a relatively low tessitura, going no higher than A5, but requires great vocal power, and is a meaty and challenging one to tackle on a dramatic level – especially during the work's so-called "Recitation" and death scene. Famous Adrianas