Organization

Cantante

Tenore

Roberto Alagna

Andrea Chénier

Soprano

Sondra Radvanovsky

Maddalena di Coigny

Saioa Hernández

Baritono

Dimitri Platanias

Carlo Gérard

Mezzosoprano

Christine Rice

Bersi

Rosalind Plowright

La Contessa di Coigny

Basso

John Cunningham

Il Maestro di Casa

Stephen Gadd

Pietro Fléville

Aled Hall

L'Abate

Adrian Clarke

Mathieu

Carlo Bosi

Un Incredibile

David Stout

Roucher

Elena Zilio

Madelon

Eddie Wade

Fouquier-Tinville

Germán E. Alcántara

Dumas

Jeremy White

Schmidt

Direzione d'orchestra

Daniel Oren

Regia

David McVicar

Scenografia

Robert Jones

Costumi

Jenny Tiramani

Luci

Adam Silverman

Assistant Director

Greg Eldridge

Royal Opera House

italiano

Londra

Regno Unito

Public

inglese

Approvato

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.

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