Andrea Chénier

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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
War Memorial Opera House
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(10/4)
Margaret Roggero(10/8)
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

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

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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