Royal Opera House: Andrea Chernier(2015)

Royal Opera House: Andrea Chernier Synopsis

“Kaufmann is performing the title role for the first time, and it’s hard to imagine him bettered. His striking looks make him very much the Romantic and romanticised outsider of Giordano’s vision. His voice, with its dark, liquid tone, soars through the music with refined ease and intensity: all those grand declarations of passion, whether political or erotic, hit home with terrific immediacy.” – The Guardian Presented in its Covent Garden premiere in January 2015, this staging – directed by David McVicar and conducted by the Royal Opera’s Music Director, Sir Antonio Pappano – shows a bloody tricolour daubed with the words “Even Plato banned poets from his Republic” – written by Robespierre on the death warrant of the historical Chénier, a poet and journalist sent to the guillotine in 1794 for criticising France’s post-revolutionary government.

Royal Opera House: Andrea Chernier (2015) is a music film directed by David McVicar, released on October 2, 2015 with a runtime of 2h 3m. It stars Jonas Kaufmann, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Željko Lučić and Denyce Graves. Viewers rate it 10.0 out of 10 across 1 ratings.