The Royal Opera - live screening

Giordano ANDREA CHERNIER

Conductor: Antonio Pappano

Director: David McVicar

Cast:  Jonas Kaufmann, Sondra Radvanovsky, Carlos Álvarez, Katia Ledoux, Alexander Kravets, Ashley Riches, Rosalind Plowright, William Dazeley, Aled Hall, Elena Zilio, Simon Thorpe, James Cleverton, Eddie Wade, Jamie Woollard, Jeremy White

Running time: 195 minutes (including one interval)

Sung in Italian with English subtitles

Jonas Kaufmann headlines David McVicar’s spectacular staging, under the baton of long-time collaborator Antonio Pappano – who conducts Giordano’s epic historical drama of revolution and forbidden love in his last production as Music Director of The Royal Opera.

This is the 33rd Wallingford Corn Exchange Drama Festival, one of several festivals in the region where you can see amateur dramatics at its best and hear and learn from a professional adjudicator about acting. Each group is given 1 hour to build their set, perform their play and strike the set. There will be two plays each night and an adjudication at the end.

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