The Metropolitan Opera: Andrea Chénier
2025 · 3h 31m
If you're an opera fan or want to experience world-class vocal performances with genuine dramatic stakes, absolutely watch this—Beczała and Yoncheva are celebrated singers reuniting after a triumphant partnership, and Giordano's passionate score paired with a French Revolution tragedy is legitimately gripping. Skip it only if opera isn't your thing and you're looking for conventional drama tonight.
Plot
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.