Royal Opera

Andrea Chénier

In Cinemas 27 & 28 Feb, 1 & 4 Mar 2015
Conductor
Antonio Pappano
Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Cast
Jonas Kaufmann, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Željko Lučić, Peter Coleman-Wright
Composer
Umberto Giordano
Director
David McVicar
Set Design
Robert Jones
Duration
2h51 incl interval
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles
Captured live from Covent Garden, London 29 Jan 2015
4 stars. Exquisitely realised. Kaufmann, with his convincingly heroic presence, and the sheer beauty of his singing, brings the house down. Each aria is perfection incarnate.
Michael Church, THE INDEPENDENT

David McVicar directs a new production of Umberto Giordano's passionate drama of liberty and love in the French Revolution. It presents a fictionalised account of the life of the pre-Romantic French poet who was guillotined during the Reign of Terror in 1794. Acclaimed tenor Jonas Kaufmann (“One of the great singers of our time” –SMH) stars; his three arias provide highlights in a production that also offers major opportunities to Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek as his beloved Maddalena. Antonio Pappano, Music Director of The Royal Opera, conducts.

The captured live cinema screening will be presented by British actor, writer and director, Richard E. Grant.