The French Revolution burns, and three voices will rise from the ashes—or die trying.
At a glittering party in 18th-century Paris, the poet Andréa Chenier delivers an impassioned denunciation of Louis XVI. Five years later, the Revolution has given way to the Terror, transforming the power balance between Chénier, his beloved Maddalena, and Gérard, the man who could destroy him...
Acting
Kaufmann's Chénier: a tenor performance so raw it should carry a health warning.
Production
McVicar's staging makes the Terror feel uncomfortably, beautifully immediate.
Costume
From silk gowns to sans-culotte rags—revolution never looked this expensive.
Director
David McVicar
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