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Opera on 3: Giordano's Andrea Chénier at the Royal Opera House

Giordano's Andrea Chénier at the Royal Opera House

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Giordano's Andrea Chénier at the Royal Opera House

A verismo opera set during the French Revolution with Roberto Alagna in the title role.

Giordano's masterwork, with Roberto Alagna in the title role as the heroic poet who gave his life during the French Revolution. Daniel Oren conducts the Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus.

A gigantic verismo opera and Giordano's most accomplished work, recorded earlier this month at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with the tenor Roberto Alagna in the title role of Andrea Chénier, inspired in the heroic poet who gave his life during the French Revolution. The soprano Sondra Radvanovsky is Maddalena de Coigny, an aristocratic lady and Chénier's love interest in this melodramatic tale of ill-fated romance and tragedy. Daniel Oren conducts the ROH orchestra and chorus.

Presented by James Naughtie.

Andrea Chénier ..... Roberto Alagna (tenor) 
Maddalena de Coigny ..... Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano) 
Carlo Gerard ..... Dimitri Platanias (baritone) 
Bersi ..... Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) 
Countess di Coigny ..... Rosalind Plowright (soprano) 
Master of the Household ..... John Cunningham (bass baritone) 
Pietro Fleville ..... Stephen Gadd (bass) 
Abbé ..... Aled Hall (tenor) 
Mathieu ..... Adrian Clarke (baritone) 
The Incredible ..... Carlo Bosi (tenor) 
Roucher ..... David Stout (baritone) 
Madelon ..... Elena Zilio (mezzo-soprano) 
Dumas ..... German E Alacantara (baritone) 
Schmidt ..... Jeremy White (bass) 

Royal Opera House Chorus
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Daniel Oren (conductor)

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Photo credit: Catherine Ashmore

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