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Giordano: Andrea Chenier - Blu-ray - quot;Kaufmann is performing the title role for the first time and it s hard to imagine him bettered. His striking looks make him very much the Romantic and romanticised outsider of Giordano s vision. His voice with it s dark liquid tone soars through the music with refined ease and intensity: all those grand declarations of passion whether political or erotic hit home with terrific immediacy.quot; - The Guardian Presented in it s Covent Garden premiere in January 2015 this staging - directed by David McVicar and conducted by the Royal Opera s Music Director Sir Antonio Pappano - shows a bloody tricolour daubed with the words quot;Even Plato banned poets from his Republicquot; - written by Robespierre on the death warrant of the historical Chénier a poet and journalist sent to the guillotine in 1794 for criticising France s post-revolutionary government. Andrea Chénier was a great success at it s premiere at La Scala Milan on 28 March 1896. It established Giordano as a leading member of Italy s giovane scuola and has remained Giordano s most popular opera with occasional productions at leading opera houses. This production is the first by The Royal Opera since 1984. Of Giordano s later operas only Fedora (1898) has attracted some continued interest.
