Jonas Kaufmann, Eva Maria Westbroek Giordano Andrea Chenier

Andrea Chénier presents a fictionalized account of the last years of the French poet André Chénier, guillotined during the Reign of Terror in 1794. It is the greatest of Giordanos operas and shows why Puccini sometimes feared Giordano as a rival. Taking the starring role of Chénier, with its three marvellous arias, is Jonas Kaufmann. Soprano EvaMaria Westbroek sings the role of Chéniers beloved Maddalena and baritone Željko Lučić stars as Carlo Gérard the servantturnedrevolutionary who is Chéniers r