Andrea Chénier - Royal Opera House Covent Garden (2015) - Andrea Chénier - Royal Opera House Covent Garden (2015)

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New production, co-production with : Beijing Opera, San Francisco Opera

The premiere of Andrea Chénier at La Scala, Milan, on 28 March 1896 propelled the young Umberto Giordano to the front rank of the giovane scuola (an up-and-coming group of young Italian composers that included Puccini and Mascagni). The opera exemplifies the verismo style that dominated Italian opera of the period – nowhere more so than in Giordano's skilful interpolation of different musical styles to provide local colour, from the aristocratic Gavotte of Act I to the Marseillaise in Act IV. The libretto by Luigi Illica (Puccini’s collaborator for Manon Lescaut, La bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly) was inspired by the real-life Romantic poet André Chénier, who was guillotined just three days before Robespierre's execution.

Andrea Chénier has become celebrated for the lyrical music it offers the tenor who takes the leading role, with the off-the-cuff Improvviso of Act I and his final aria 'Come un bel dì di maggio' particular highlights. But there thrilling moments for the whole cast, including Maddalena's ardent aria 'La mamma morta', Gérard’s 'Nemico della patria!’ and a host of dramatic duets and characterful ensembles. David McVicar (whose productions for The Royal Opera include Le nozze di Figaro, Faust and Die Zauberflöte) directs The Royal Opera's new production, moving from the opulence of pre-Revolutionary France to the horrors of the Reign of Terror.

More information is available on the operahouse's official website.

Schedule

January 20, 2015 19:30:00

January 23, 2015 19:30:00

January 26, 2015 19:30:00

January 29, 2015 19:30:00

January 31, 2015 19:30:00

February 03, 2015 19:30:00

February 06, 2015 19:30:00

Casting

David McVicar

Antonio Pappano

Jonas Kaufmann

Željko Lučić

Denyce Graves

Elena Zilio

Peter Coleman-Wright

Carlo Bosi

Roland Wood

Adrian Clarke

Eva-Maria Westbroek

Work's characters list

Director

Conductor

Andrea Chénier

Carlo Gérard

Bersi

Madelon

Pietro Fléville

L'Incroyable, un espion

Roucher

Mathieu "Populus", un sans culotte

Maddalena di Coigny

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