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 1955 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Fausto Cleva Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Chorus Director Leo Mueller Choreographer Lew Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Andrea Chénier, a poet of the French Revolution Richard Tucker Madeleine, daughter of the Countess de Coigny Renata Tebaldi Countess de Coigny Katherine Hilgenberg Bersi, Madeleine's companion Frances Bible Gérard, Footman at the Chateau Coigny, later a Revolutionist Leonard Warren Fleville, a novelist, pensioner of the King George Cehanovsky Abbe Virginio Assandri Spy for the Revolutionists Alessio De Paolis Roucher, Chénier's friend Heinz Blankenburg Madelon, a blind old woman Margaret Roggero Mathieu, a Revolutionist Lorenzo Alvary Fouquier-Tinville, Public Prosecutor Desire Ligeti Dumas, President of the Revolutionary Tribunal Carl Palangi Majordomo of the Château Coigny Winther Andersen Schmidt, Jailer at St. Lazare Colin Harvey Solo Dancer(s) Nancy Johnson Conrad Ludlow Show Dates Fri, Oct 21 1955, 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 Saint-Lazare Act IV -- Same as Act III -- at Dawn Notes Corps de Ballet