By the time he died in 1948, Umberto Giordano had established himself as a leading figure in the verismo (realistic) school of opera composition. Andrea Chenier is an intense and dramatic story set amidst the tumult of the French Revolution. This brilliant work is a staple in opera houses. Unabridged republication of a standard edition.
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