Organization

Admin

Teatro Regio di Torino

Direction d'orchestre

Direction d'orchestre (+2)

Andrea Battistoni

Mise en scène

Mise en scène (+4)

Giancarlo Del Monaco

Décors

Décors (+1)

Daniel Bianco

Costumes

Costumes (+2)

Jesús Ruiz

Lumières

Lumières (+2)

Wolfgang von Zoubek

Chef de chœur

Chef de chœur (+2)

Ulisse Trabacchin

Orchestra

Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino

Ténor (+3)

Gregory Kunde

Andrea Chénier

Ténor

Angelo Villari

Baryton (+2)

Franco Vassallo

Carlo Gérard

Soprano (+1)

Maria Agresta

Maddalena de Coigny

Yolanda Auyanet

Albina Tonkikh

Bersi

Mezzo-soprano (+1)

Federica Giansanti

La Comtesse de Coigny

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Manuela Custer

Madelon

Basse (+2)

Adriano Gramigni

Roucher

Baryton (+3)

Nicolò Ceriani

Pietro Fléville

Fouquier-Tinville

Vincenzo Nizzardo

Mathieu

Riccardo Rados

L’incroyable

Baryton (+1)

Janusz Nosek

Schmidt

Chorus

Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino

Basse (+3)

Tyler Zimmerman

Dumas

Aleksei Isaev

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Mara Gaudenzi

Ténor (+1)

Daniel Umbelino

L’abbé

Soprano

Vittoria Yeo

“A complete triumph. Twenty curtain calls for the artists and maestro,” wrote the publisher Sonzogno in a telegram in March 1896 to announce the overwhelming success of Andrea Chénier to the librettist, Luigi Illica, who had so skilfully transformed into an ardent tragedy the real-life story of a French poet who had fallen victim to the French Revolution. In the opera, Chénier is an idealist, helplessly swept up by the schemes of the Jacobin Terror and hopelessly in love with Maddalena, an aristocrat fleeing the revolutionaries. Victims of Gérard’s lust, the two remain united until the end. Encouraged by a libretto filled with historical details and characters driven by extreme passion, the composer Umberto Giordano reworked revolutionary marches such as La Carmagnole and wrote a true wealth of magnificent arias and duets. Few operas can boast such a great number of memorable pieces, including “Un Dì, all’Azzurro Spazio,” “La Mamma Morta,” and “Nemico della Patria,” to name just a few.


The vocal parts for the two ill-fated lovers are especially challenging, requiring expressive power and technical control, for which they will be sung by two acclaimed performers of truly great vocal standing, Gregory Kunde and Maria Agresta. Franco Vassallo will perform the role of their nemesis, Gérard. This staging of the opera will present the spectacular new production by Giancarlo Del Monaco, an experienced director of worldwide renown, who calls himself “an innovator in keeping with tradition.” Maestro Andrea Battistoni returns to the Teatro Regio podium, after his brilliant work with La Bohème last season.

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