Royal Opera House: Andrea Chernier

"Giordano's Andrea Chernier at the Royal Opera House"

2015 2h 3m IT

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★10.0TMDB · 1

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Synopsis

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“Kaufmann is performing the title role for the first time, and it’s hard to imagine him bettered. His striking looks make him very much the Romantic and romanticised outsider of Giordano’s vision. His voice, with its dark, liquid tone, soars through the music with refined ease and intensity: all those grand declarations of passion, whether political or erotic, hit home with terrific immediacy.” – The Guardian Presented in its Covent Garden premiere in January 2015, this staging – directed by David McVicar and conducted by the Royal Opera’s Music Director, Sir Antonio Pappano – shows a bloody tricolour daubed with the words “Even Plato banned poets from his Republic” – written by Robespierre on the death warrant of the historical Chénier, a poet and journalist sent to the guillotine in 1794 for criticising France’s post-revolutionary government.

“Giordano's Andrea Chernier at the Royal Opera House”

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Cast

Jonas Kaufmann
Andrea Chenier
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Maddalena di Coigny
Željko Lučić
Carlo Gerard
Denyce Graves
Bersi
Rosalind Plowright
Contessa di Coigny
Peter Coleman-Wright
Pietro Fleville
Roland Wood
Roucher
Elena Zilio
Madelon

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David McVicar
Writers: Luigi Illica
Languages: Italian
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Jonas Kaufmann and Eva-Maria Westbroek and Željko Lučić carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "Giordano's Andrea Chernier at the Royal Opera House".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4411878 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

David McVicar directs. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in Italian.

Trivia

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1Released 11 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Jonas Kaufmann and Eva-Maria Westbroek and Željko Lučić carry the top of the cast.
4Marketing tagline: "Giordano's Andrea Chernier at the Royal Opera House".
5IMDB entry: tt4411878 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.