Opera Cheat Sheet | Houston Public Media

In this Opera Cheat Sheet, Houston Public Media’s Arts & Culture Director, St.John Flynn and opera expert Eric Skelly give a quick overview of Umberto Giordano’s verismo masterpiece, Andrea Chénier. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, it’s the story of the ill-fated love between the poet Chénier and Maddalena, daughter of an aristocratic family attacked by the revolutionaries. You can hear the Met Opera broadcast of Andrea Chénier Saturday at noon on Houston... Read More