It’s all in the arm, clearly. The Royal Opera‘s music director only has to wave a stick at a potboiler like Andrea Chénier and it’s practically a masterpiece. Antonio Pappano‘s talent is a rare gift: ...

It is possible the young poet Andrea Chénier by his honest dedication to freedom and humanity, to suspiciously in any political system: at a party on the eve of the revolution, in the castle of the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Umberto Giordano’s tragedy of love undone by the French Revolution has returned, but as an evening of coarse music making. By Corinna da ...

The Met: Live in HD presents “Andrea Chénier,” starring tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role of the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution; soprano Sonya ...

For more than nine decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

During the 1950s and 1960s, Giordano’s Andrea Chénier was frequently performed at the Metropolitan Opera featuring some of the era’s biggest superstars. However, the opera has been seen less ...

It’s hard to get past the spectacle of it all – elegant Ancien Régime interiors, lit so beautifully with early-evening warmth by Adam Silverman, giving way to cinematic street scenes. Yes, these ...