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
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
Richard Tucker
Giovanni Gibin(10/02)
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

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

Media

Notes

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

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Season opening night 

Floral decorations courtesy of Stein Flowers 

Dancers