Umberto Giordano’s Andrea Chénier HISTORY Premiere March 28, 1896, at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, with the following cast: Andrea Chénier,Giuseppe Borgatti; Maddalena, Evelina Carrera; Carlo Gérard, Mario Sammarco; Bersi, Maddalena Ticci; Madelon & La Contessa, Della Rogers; Mathieu, Michele Wigley; Roucher, Gaetano Roveri; Un Incroyable, Enrico Giordani; Pietro Fléville, Gaetano Roveri; The Abbé, Enrico Giordani; Fouquier Tinville, Ettore Brancaleone; Schmidt, Master of the Household, and Dumas, Raffaele Terzi North American Premiere November 13, 1896, in New York at the Academy of Music Last Performed by Washington National Opera September-October, 2004 in the Kennedy Center Opera House, featuring Eugene Kohn/Plácido Domingo conducting and Mariusz Trelinski directing with the following cast: Andrea Chénier,Salvatore Licitra/Carlo Ventre; Maddalena, Paoletta Marrocu; Carlo Gérard, Jorge Lagunes; Bersi & Madelon, Elizabeth Bishop; La Contessa, Kari Alkema/Kyle Engler; Mathieu, John Marcus Bindel; Roucher, James Shaffran; An Incroyable, Robert Baker; Pietro Fléville, Michael Chioldi; The Abbé, Peter Joshua Burroughs; Fouquier Tinville, Mario Bellanova; Schmidt, Robert Cantrell; Master of the Household, Michael Nansel; Dumas, W. Paul Edson Umberto Giordano’s Operas Marina , composed 1888, unpublished Malavita , February 21, 1892, Teatro Argentina, Rome Regina Diaz , March 5, 1894, Teatro Mercadante, Naples Andrea Chénier , March 28, 1896, Teatro alla Scala, Milan Fedora , November 17, 1898, Teatro Lirico, Milan Il voto (revival of Malavita ), September 6, 1902, Teatro Bellini, Naples Siberia , December 19, 1903, 1903, Teatro alla Scala, Milan Marcella , November, 9, 1907, Teatro Lirico, Milan Mese Mariano , March,17, 1910, Teatro Massimo, Palermo Madame sans gêne , January 25, 1915, Metropolitan Opera, New York Giove a Pompei , July, 6, 1921, Teatro La Pariola, Rome La cena delle beffe , December 20, 1924, Teatro alla Scala, Milan Il re , January 12, 1929, Teatro alla Scala, Milan Washington National Opera www.dc-opera.org 202.295.2400 · 800.US.OPERA .