At a glittering party in 18th-century Paris, the poet Andr�a Chenier delivers an impassioned denunciation of Louis XVI. Five years later, the Revolution has given way to the Terror, transforming the power balance between Ch�nier, his beloved Maddalena, and G�rard, the man who could destroy him...
Jonas Kaufmann headlines David McVicar�s spectacular staging, under the baton of long-time collaborator Antonio Pappano � who conducts Giordano�s epic historical drama of revolution and forbidden love in his last production as Music Director of The Royal Opera.