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 Location San Francisco, CA Venue Civic Auditorium Season 1931 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage and technical director Armando Agnini Cast Andrea Chénier, a poet of the French Revolution Giovanni Martinelli Maddalena, daughter of the Countess de Coigny Elisabeth Rethberg Countess de Coigny Eva Atkinson Bersi, Madeleine's maid Du Blois Ferguson Gérard, Footman at the Chateau Coigny, later a Revolutionist Giuseppe Danise Majordomo of the Château Coigny Dudley Clark Fleville, a novelist, pensioner of the King Louis D'Angelo Abbe Marek Windheim Spy for the Revolutionists Ludovico Oliviero Roucher, Chénier's friend Millo Picco Blind Woman Faina Petrova Mathieu, a Revolutionist Eugenio Sandrini Fouquier-Tinville, Public Prosecutor Louis D'Angelo Dumas, President of the Revolutionary Tribunal Millo Picco Schmidt, Jailer at St. Lazare Eugenio Sandrini Show Dates Wed, Sep 16 1931, 8:15pm Time and Place Paris Scenes Act I -- Ballroom at Chateau Coigny, Paris, just before the Revolution Act II -- In Paris, at the Café Hottot, during the Revolution Act III -- At the Court of the Revolutionary Tribunal Act IV -- Prison of St. Lazare at Midnight Media Image Andrea Chénier, Umberto Giordano. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giuseppe Danise (Carlo Gérard) Credit Morton Image Andrea Chénier, Umberto Giordano. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Andrea Chénier), Elisabeth Rethberg (Maddalena), and Giuseppe Danise (Carlo Gérard) Credit Morton Image Andrea Chénier, Umberto Giordano. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Marek Windheim (Abbe), Eva Atkinson (Countess de Coigny), DuBlois Ferguson (Bersi) Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1931_02_compressed.pdf (8.3 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Andrea Chénier, Umberto Giordano. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giuseppe Danise (Carlo Gérard) Credit Morton
Image Andrea Chénier, Umberto Giordano. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Andrea Chénier), Elisabeth Rethberg (Maddalena), and Giuseppe Danise (Carlo Gérard) Credit Morton
Image Andrea Chénier, Umberto Giordano. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Marek Windheim (Abbe), Eva Atkinson (Countess de Coigny), DuBlois Ferguson (Bersi) Credit Morton