Giordano: Andrea Chernier

Synopsis

“Kaufmann is performing the title role for the first time, and it’s hard to imagine him bettered. His striking looks make him very much the Romantic and romanticised outsider of Giordano’s vision. His voice, with its dark, liquid tone, soars through the music with refined ease and intensity: all those grand declarations of passion, whether political or erotic, hit home with terrific immediacy.” – The Guardian Presented in its Covent Garden premiere in January 2015, this staging – directed by David McVicar and conducted by the Royal Opera’s Music Director, Sir Antonio Pappano – shows a bloody tricolour daubed with the words “Even Plato banned poets from his Republic” – written by Robespierre on the death warrant of the historical Chénier, a poet and journalist sent to the guillotine in 1794 for criticising France’s post-revolutionary government.

Main Cast

Jonas Kaufmann

Andrea Chenier

Age : 54 | Popularity : 3%

Eva-Maria Westbroek

Maddalena di Coigny

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Željko Lučić

Carlo Gerard

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Denyce Graves

Bersi

Age : 61 | Popularity : 3%

Rosalind Plowright

Contessa di Coigny

Age : 74 | Popularity : 3%

Peter Coleman-Wright

Pietro Fleville

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Roland Wood

Roucher

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Elena Zilio

Madelon

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Luigi Illica
Directing	Director	David McVicar
Crew	Compositors	Umberto Giordano
Department	Role	Name

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