Royal Opera House

Giordano’s Andrea Chénier

Encore Screening

With elaborate sets and period costumes, Andrea Chénier is visually captivating, transporting audiences to an opulent and tumultuous 18th century France. This production features a star-studded cast, with the internationally acclaimed tenor Jonas Kaufmann tackling the title role under the baton of esteemed Music Director Antonio Pappano

At a glittering party in 18th-century Paris, the poet Andréa Chenier delivers an impassioned denunciation of Louis XVI. Five years later, the Revolution has given way to the Terror, transforming the power balance between Chénier, his beloved Maddalena, and Gérard, the man who could destroy him... Jonas Kaufmann headlines David McVicar’s spectacular staging, under the baton of long-time collaborator Antonio Pappano – who conducts Giordano’s epic historical drama of revolution and forbidden love in his last production as Music Director of The Royal Opera.