Name: Andrea Chénier
Start: 2021-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Stavros Niarchos Hall

Organization

Singer

Tenor

Marcelo Álvarez

Andrea Chenier

Baritone

Dimitri Platanias

Carlo Gerard

Soprano

Maria Agresta

Maddalena of Coigny

Mezzo-soprano

Inés Zikou

The Countess of Coigny

Bass

Yanni Yannissis

Roucher

Christos Kechris

The Incredible

Julia Souglakou

Madelon

Nikos Stefanou

The Abbe

Vangelis Maniatis

Schmidt

Marinos Tarnanas

Master of the Household

Konstantinos Mavrogenis

Dumas

George Mattheakakis

Fouquier-Tinville

Kostis Rasidakis

Mathieu

Stage director

Nicolas Petropoulos

Conductor

Philippe Auguin

Lighting designer

Costume designer

Set designer

Choreographer

Fausta Mazzucchelli

Chorus master

Agathangelos Georgakatos

Marissia Papalexiou

Bersi

Lighting Revival

Christos Tziogkas

Revival Director

Ion Kessoulis

Choreography Revival-Movement

Stratos Papanousis

Pietro Fleville

Greek National Opera

Orchestra

GNO Orchestra

Others

GNO Chorus

italiană

Andrea Chénier -  (Andrea Chenier)

The life of the famous French poet André Chénier (1762-1794) was the subject of the most successful opera (set to a libretto by Luigi Illica) of Umberto Giordano ̶ one of the most representative exponents of operatic verismo, and in particular of the Giovane Scuola. The opera premiered at La Scala, Milan, on 28 March 1896, a century after the French Revolution ̶ which is also when the action is set- whose ideas decisively affected the developments in Greece that gave rise to the 1821 Revolution.

The hero who bears the name of the opera's title was born in Istanbul to a French father and a Greek mother. We first meet him in 1789 in the Parisian aristocracy circles supporting the French Revolution and joining the revolutionary movement along with Gérard. Gérard (a role based in part on the French Revolution hero Jean-Lambert Taillen) turns from a servant of aristocrats into a leading figure of the sans-cullotes, namely the people from the lower strata of the bourgeoisie who were actively involved in the revolutionary political struggle (sans-cullotes means "those without breeches" - because in contrast to the aristocrats who wore knee-breeches [cullotes], they wore trousers). However, their love for the same woman turns the friendship between the two men into a rivalry. Three years later, when Chénier gets arrested as a conspirator against the Revolution for decrying the atrocities committed under the Reign of Terror, Gérard is the one who will prepare the indictment against him. Although he will later realise his mistake and try to set the poet free, his effort will be in vain, and Chénier will be led to the guillotine.

Athens

Greece

SNFCC

Stavros Niarchos Hall

Andrea Chénier Giordano

Public

greacă

engleză

Approved

Andrea Senier is coming to GNO TV from March 31 to July 31, 2021

Ο Αντρέα Σενιέ έρχεται στην GNO TV από τις 31 Μαρτίου έως 31 Ιουλίου 2021

ANDREA CHÉNIER on GNOTV from March 31 to July 31, 2021

ANDREA CHÉNIER sur GNOTV du 31 mars au 31 juillet 2021

This production, part of a tribute to the 2021 bicentennial of the Greek Revolution, is made possible by a grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) [www.SNF.org].

The life of the famous French poet André Chénier (1762-1794) was the subject of the most successful opera (set to a libretto by Luigi Illica) of Umberto Giordano ̶ one of the most representative exponents of operatic verismo, and in particular of the Giovane Scuola. The opera premiered at La Scala, Milan, on 28 March 1896, a century after the French Revolution ̶ which is also when the action is set– whose ideas decisively affected the developments in Greece that gave rise to the 1821 Revolution.

The hero who bears the name of the opera’s title was born in Istanbul to a French father and a Greek mother. We first meet him in 1789 in the Parisian aristocracy circles supporting the French Revolution and joining the revolutionary movement along with Gérard. Gérard (a role based in part on the French Revolution hero Jean-Lambert Taillen) turns from a servant of aristocrats into a leading figure of the sans-cullotes, namely the people from the lower strata of the bourgeoisie who were actively involved in the revolutionary political struggle (sans-cullotes means “those without breeches” – because in contrast to the aristocrats who wore knee-breeches [cullotes], they wore trousers). However, their love for the same woman turns the friendship between the two men into a rivalry. Three years later, when Chénier gets arrested as a conspirator against the Revolution for decrying the atrocities committed under the Reign of Terror, Gérard is the one who will prepare the indictment against him. Although he will later realise his mistake and try to set the poet free, his effort will be in vain, and Chénier will be led to the guillotine.

On the title page of the score we read: “Drama in a historical setting…”, and indeed, through his music, Giordano brings out not only the erotic element and passions of his heroes, but also the conflict between the rivaling social groups and the atmosphere of the era of the French Revolution: the gavotte –typical aristocratic dance– is contrasted with Ça ira, Carmagnola and La Marseillaise.

The timeless values portrayed in the opera –the French Revolution motto for Liberty, Equality, Fraternity–, combined with the intense erotic and dramatic elements highlighted through Giordano’s enchanting music, is the reason why Andrea Chénier has been so appealing to opera audiences to this day.

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