Thu 29 Jan | 19:15pm | £18/£17U16
David McVicar directs a new production of Umberto Giordano's passionate drama of liberty and love in the French Revolution.
Umberto Giordano’s Andrea Chénier (1896) presents a fictionalised account of the last years of the French poet André Chénier, guillotined during the Reign of Terror in 1794. It is the greatest of Giordano’s operas and shows why Puccini sometimes feared Giordano as a rival. Taking the starring role of Chénier, with its three marvellous arias, is Jonas Kaufmann, Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek sings the role of Chénier’s beloved Maddalena (which includes the great aria ‘La mamma morta’, a favourite with Maria Callas) and Serbian baritone Željko Lučić stars as Carlo Gérard – the servant-turned-revolutionary who is Chénier’s rival for the love of Maddalena. With a string of successful productions for The Royal Opera to his name, including Rigoletto and Les Troyens, director David McVicar brings Giordano’s thrilling historical drama back to the Royal Opera House for the first time since 1985 in a stunning new production.
Starring
Jonas Kaufmann, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Željko Lučić
Composer
Umberto Giordano
Conductor
Antonio Pappano
Director
David McVicar
Production Information
Opera in four acts
Sung in Italian
Running time 150 minutes (approx)
Including one interval
Start time 7.15pm GMT
Venue: Theatre
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