A scene from Giordano's "Andrea Chénier." Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera
Estimated Run Time: 3 hours and 30 minutes with two intermissions
Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution. Following their celebrated recent partnership in Giordano’s Fedora in the 2022–23 Live in HD season, Beczała reunites with soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Chénier’s aristocratic lover, Maddalena di Coigny, with baritone Igor Golovatenko as Carlo Gérard, the agent of the Reign of Terror who seals their fates. Met Principal Guest Conductor Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to lead Nicolas Joël’s gripping staging, which will be transmitted live from the Met stage to cinemas on December 13.
This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.
Sponsors
The Met Opera simulcasts at Guild Hall are made possible in part through the generosity of:
Grand Tier: Louise and Howie Phanstiel, and Ellen E. Myers.
Dress Circle: Norma Giorgetti in memory of Mary-Anne Szabaga, Patti Kenner in memory of Judith and Gus Leiber, David Seeler and Ngaere Macray, Irene Silverman, and Norbert Weissberg.
Balcony Circle: Gabrielle Bamberger, Susan Blair, Arlene Bujese in memory of Marcel Bally, Hat Edwards, Jeannette and H. Peter Kriendler Charitable Trust, Joan Osborne, and Veronica Stephens.
We thank Ann and Gloria Cestone, in memoriam, for their love of opera.
Performing Arts programs are supported in part by Galia Meiri-Stawski and Axel Stawski, Henry and Peggy Schleiff, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, Monica and Peter Tessler, and Vital Projects Fund. Music Programming is supported in part by The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming.
Additional support provided by Friends of the Theater: Natascia Ayers and Jim Ciquera, Bonnie and Joel Bergstein, Gene Bernstein and Kathy Walsh, John and Joan D’Addario, Suzanne and John Golden, Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan, Steve Pesner, in memory of his wife, Michèle Pesner, whose entire life was devoted to all aspects of culture, The Schaffner Family Foundation, Lisa Schultz and Ezriel Kornel, and Stacey and Oliver Stanton.