Opera North

“What’s so fantastic about this opera is that it’s the life story of a real person – the French poet André Chénier - about whom we know very little in this country, but who ‘wrote’ the Revolution. You can chart the changes that are taking place in Paris in his poetry as his ardent belief in the cause changes to horror at the cruelties of the Terror. Chénier himself stood against those wrongs and died for doing so. Personal and emotional, this opera captures an extraordinary moment in history.”