Andrea Chenier Composer Umberto Giordano Librettist Luigi Illica 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 Conductor Fausto Cleva Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Andrea Chénier, a poet of the French Revolution Mario Del Monaco Maddalena, daughter of the Countess de Coigny Licia Albanese Countess de Coigny Claramae Turner Bersi, Maddalena's maid Alice Ostrowsky Gérard, Footman at the Chateau Coigny, later a Revolutionist Robert Weede Majordomo of the Château Coigny Max Lorenzini Fleville, a novelist, pensioner of the King Yi-Kwei Sze Abbe Hubert Norville Spy for the Revolutionists Alessio De Paolis Roucher, Chénier's friend George Cehanovsky Madelon, a blind woman Donna Walker Mathieu, a Revolutionist Ralph Herbert Fouquier-Tinville, Public Prosecutor Desire Ligeti Dumas, President of the Revolutionary Tribunal Yi-Kwei Sze Schmidt, Jailer at St. Lazare John Ford Roger Albert, a boy Catherine Brubaker Show Dates Tue, Oct 31 1950, 8pm 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