Details
The poet Andrea Chenier and the servant Carlo Gerard both love the young aristocrat Maddalena. When Maddalena loses everything in the French Revolution, Chenier offers her protection, and so incites the envy of Gerard, now a powerful official. Sung in Italian with English surtitles
Cast/Performers
John Hudson (Chenier),
Katarina Jovanovic (Maddalena),
Olafur Sigurdarson (Gerard),
Carole Wilson (Countess / Madelon),
Heather Shipp (Bersi),
Robert Burt (L'incredible),
Charles Johnston (Mathieu),
Richard Suart (Fleville / Fouquier),
Richard Burkhard (Roucher),
Aled Hall (L'abate),
Nicholas Folwell (Scmidt),
Nicholas Folwell (Dumas / Maestro)
Creatives/Company
Music:
Umberto GiordanoLyrics:
Luigi IllicaProducer:
Opera Holland ParkCompany:
City of London SinfoniaConductor:
Peter RobinsonDirector:
Martin Lloyd-EvansDesign:
Peter RiceLighting:
Colin Grenfell