Organization

Singer

Tenor

Roberto Alagna

Andrea Chenier

Soprano

Sondra Radvanovsky

Maddalena of Coigny

Saioa Hernández

Baritone

Dimitri Platanias

Carlo Gerard

Mezzo-soprano

Christine Rice

Bersi

Rosalind Plowright

The Countess of Coigny

Bass

John Cunningham

Master of the Household

Stephen Gadd

Pietro Fleville

Aled Hall

The Abbe

Adrian Clarke

Mathieu

Carlo Bosi

The Incredible

David Stout

Roucher

Elena Zilio

Madelon

Eddie Wade

Fouquier-Tinville

Germán E. Alcántara

Dumas

Jeremy White

Schmidt

Conductor

Daniel Oren

Stage director

David McVicar

Set designer

Robert Jones

Costume designer

Jenny Tiramani

Lighting designer

Adam Silverman

Assistant Director

Greg Eldridge

Royal Opera House

Italian

Andrea Chénier -  (Andrea Chenier)

London

United Kingdom

Public

English

Approved

Andrea Chénier was Giordano's third opera. The libretto, by Puccini's regular collaborator Luigi Illica, is loosely based on the life and tragic death of the French poet André Chénier, who was executed during the French Revolution. The premiere of Chénier on 28 March 1896 was a great success, and the opera became one of the most popular examples of the verismo (literally, 'realist') movement in Italian opera.

Giordano perfectly captures the atmosphere of Paris pre- and post-Revolution, through music including an elegant Gavotte (Act I) and the popular revolutionary songs 'La Carmagnole' and the 'Marseillaise'. Not surprisingly, the tenor protagonist gets some fine solos, including Act I's ardent aria 'Un dì, all'azzurro spazio', and Act IV's nostalgic 'Come un bel dì di maggio'. But Maddalena and Gérard also have wonderful arias: the former's impassioned 'La mamma morta', and the latter's tormented 'Nemico della patria?' as he wrestles with his conscience in Act III. David McVicar's spectacular, almost cinematic production evokes the profound social changes in late 18th-century Paris, with beautiful, historically-informed sets and costumes by Robert Jones and Jenny Tiramani.

Andrea Chenier by Giordano, From (2019/2019), Directed by David McVicar,, Conductor Daniel Oren, Royal Opera House, London, United Kingdom

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Cast

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Program, About & Synopsis

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