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 Music Center Pavilion Season 1965 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Lotfi Mansouri Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Zachary Solov Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Majordomo of the Château Coigny Winther Andersen Gérard, Footman at the Chateau Coigny, later a Revolutionist Ettore Bastianini Maddalena, daughter of the Countess de Coigny Renata Tebaldi Countess de Coigny Sona Cervena Bersi, Maddalena's companion Annamaria Bessel Fléville, a novelist John West Fiorinelli, a musician Philip Eisenberg Abbe William Whitesides Andrea Chénier, a poet Franco Corelli Mathieu, a Revolutionist Joshua Hecht Incredibile, a spy for the revolutionists Howard Fried Roucher, Chénier's friend Richard Fredricks Madelon, a blind old woman Claramae Turner Dumas, President of the Revolutionary Tribunal Pietro Menci Fouquier-Tinville, Public Prosecutor Adib Fazah Schmidt, Jailer at St. Lazare David Giosso Show Dates Tue, Nov 16 1965, 8pm Time and Place Paris, shortly before and during the French Revolution Scenes Act I -- Chateau Coigny near Paris Act II -- Five years later; a street in Paris Act III -- The Revolutionary Tribunal Act IV -- Prison of Saint-Lazare Notes Season opening night Floral decorations courtesy of Stein Flowers Corps de Ballet