Andrea Chénier
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Andrea Chénier is a verismo opera in four acts by Umberto Giordano, set to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica, and first performed on 28 March 1896 at La Scala, Milan. The story is based loosely on t
The French poet André Chénier on whose life the opera is loosely based
Giuseppe Borgatti, the first Chénier
Mario Sammarco, the first Gérard
Verismo
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In opera, verismo, from vero, meaning 'true', was a post-Romantic operatic tradition associated with Italian composers such as Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano, Francesco Cilea a
Andrea Chénier
…Andrea Chénier (Italian pronunciation: ) is a verismo opera in four acts by Umberto Giordano, set to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica, and first performed on 28 March 1896 at La Scala, Milan. The story…
Giacomo Puccini, one of the composers most closely associated with verismo.
Cavelleria Rusticana, considered the first Verismo opera
Pagliacci is a famous Verismo opera