Umberto Giordano's
Andrea Chénier
Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution. Following their celebrated recent partnership in Giordano’s Fedora in the 2022–23 Live in HD season, Beczała reunites with soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Chénier’s aristocratic lover, Maddalena di Coigny, with baritone Igor Golovatenko as Carlo Gérard, the agent of the Reign of Terror who seals their fates. Met Principal Guest Conductor Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to lead Nicolas Joël’s gripping staging, which will be transmitted live from the Met stage to cinemas on December 13. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.
English StreamText captioning is available for the Met’s transmission of Andrea Chénier here. A transcript of the transmission will also be available to view after the live performance.
Pre-Show Performance & Lecture
Presented by Penn State Opera Theatre
Join us at 12:30pm for a pre-show performance and lecture by the Penn State Opera Theatre program, doors open at 12:00pm.
Speaker: Dawn Pierce, Assistant Professor, Voice & Opera
Pianist: Charlie Lisa
Performances:
Ma Fanchette est charmante from La deux jaloux by Sophie Gail (1775-1819)
Ava Bernardo – Fanchette
Thomas Delahoy – Frontin
Natalie Scerbo – Thibaut
Son la vecchia from Andrea Chenier by Umberto Giordano (1867-1948)
Dawn Pierce, mezzo-soprano
Par ici from Le dernier sourcier by Pauline Viardot (1821-1910)
Eunmi Hwang – Verveine
Kristopher Pizzella – Krakamiche
Aine Demko, Mollie Goldman, Janae Haas, Natalie Scerbo – Les Elfes
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