Andrea Chénier is a verismo opera in four acts by Umberto Giordano, set to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica, and first performed on 28 March 1896 at La Scala, Milan. The story is based loosely on the life of the French poet André Chénier (1762–1794), who was executed during the French Revolution.
Gregory Kunde
ANDREA CHÉNIER
Roberto Frontali
CARLO GÉRARD
Maria José Siri
MADDALENA DE COIGNY
Natascha Petrinsky
BERSI
Anna Malavasi
COUNTESS DE COIGNY
Elena Zilio
MADELON
Duccio Dal Monte
ROUCHER
Graziano Dallavalle
THE NOVELIST (PIETRO FLÉVILLE) / FOUQUIER TINVILLE
Gevorg Hakobyan
THE SANS-CULOTTE MATHIEU
Andrea Chénier is a verismo opera in four acts by Umberto Giordano, set to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica, and first performed on 28 March 1896 at La Scala, Milan. The story is based loosely on the life of the French poet André Chénier (1762–1794), who was executed during the French Revolution.
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