GENRE: Opera
STARRING: Sonya Yoncheva, Piotr Beczała, Igor Golovantenko, Siphokazi Molteno, Olesya Petrova, Brenton Ryan, Guriy Gurev, Maurizio Muraro
DIRECTOR: Daniele Rustioni
PRODUCER(S): Umberto Giordano
WRITER(S): Umberto Giordano y Luigi Illica
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: 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, 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. Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to lead Nicolas Joël’s gripping staging.