Opera

Andrea Chénier

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Umberto Giordano’s *Andrea Chénier* (1896) is a four-act Italian opera in the verismo tradition, loosely modeled on the French poet André Chénier, swept up in the escalating violence of the Revolution. It pits private loyalties against public ideology through the triangle of Chénier, the aristocratic Maddalena, and Gérard, a former servant turned revolutionary power broker. In New York, the work has long been associated with the Metropolitan Opera, where it has served as a proving ground for star tenors. Its lasting claim is how personal lyricism survives amid political machinery.