Andrea Chenier
Composer
Librettist
Based On
loosely, the life of the French poet André Chénier, executed during the French Revolution
Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Venue
Shrine Auditorium
Season
1950
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Cast
Andrea Chénier, a poet of the French Revolution
Maddalena, daughter of the Countess de Coigny
Countess de Coigny
Bersi, Maddalena's maid
Gérard, Footman at the Chateau Coigny, later a Revolutionist
Majordomo of the Château Coigny
Fleville, a novelist, pensioner of the King
Abbe
Spy for the Revolutionists
Roucher, Chénier's friend
Madelon, a blind woman
Mathieu, a Revolutionist
Fouquier-Tinville, Public Prosecutor
Dumas, President of the Revolutionary Tribunal
Schmidt, Jailer at St. Lazare
Roger Albert, a boy
Show Dates
Time and Place
The French Revolution; Paris
Scenes
Act I -- Ballroom of Chateau de Coigny
Act II -- Café Hottot in Paris
Act III -- Revolutionary Tribunal and Prison of St. Lazare
Act IV -- Same as Act III -- At Dawn
Notes
Incidental Dances by Corps de Ballet