Umberto Giordano : Andrea Chénier

OPERA HOUSE

Andrea Chénier	:	Carl Tanner
Maddalena di Coigny	:	Georgina Lukács (* Dekita Michiko on 5 Dec.)
Carlo Gérard	:	Sergei Leiferkus *
Roucher	:	Aoto Satoru
Un Incredibile	:	Ono Mitsuhiko
La Contessa di Coigny	:	Dekita Michiko (* Takemoto Setsuko on 5 Dec.)
Bersi	:	Sakamoto Akemi
Madelon	:	Takemoto Setsuko
Mathieu	:	Okubo Makoto
Fléville	:	Ishizaki Hidekazu
L' Abate	:	Kamoshita Minoru
Fouquier Tinville	:	Kobayashi Yoshiki
Dumas	:	Omori Kazuhide
Il Maestro di Casa/Schmidt	:	Osawa Ken

*Carlos Alvalez, who originally was to perform the role of Carlo Gérard is unable to perform. Alternatively, Sergei Leiferkus is going to take his place. Please refer to New National Theatre News.

**Georgina Lukács, who is originally to perform the role of Maddalena di Coigny, is unable to perform on Monday 5 Dec. Alternatively, Dekita Michiko is taking her place and the role of La Contessa di Coigny is performed by Takemoto Setsuko. Please refer to New National Theatre News.

November/ December 2005	11/20	23	26	29	12/2	5
	Sun	Wed	Sat	Tue	Fri	Mon
2:00						X
3:00	X	X
5:00			X
6:30				X
7:00					X

Doors will open 45 minutes before the opening of the performance.
Approximate runnning time : 2hours 15 minutes.

	SS	S	A	B	C	D	E	F	Z
Price(yen)	21,000	18,900	15,750	13,650	10,500	7,350	6,300	3,150	1,500

*A part of "Seat F" (¥3,150) : Sold at the NNTT Box Office and all Ticket Pia outlets on the performance date only. Up to 2 tickets per person. No phone reservations. *Seat Z(\1,500): Sold to students only at some Ticket Pia outlets on the day before the performance. Any tickets not sold by the performance date will be released to the general public at the NNTT Box Office and some Ticket Pia outlets. One ticket per person. No phone reservations. Students must bring a valid student ID. *Same day student tickets (50% off, except Seat F & Z ): Sold at the NNTT Box Office and some Ticket Pia outlets on the performance date. One ticket per person. No phone reservations. Students must bring a valid student ID.

*Opera House Ticket Prices & Seating Plan

The setting is the suburbs of Paris in 1789. At a soirée in Count Coigny's house, Maddalena, the daughter of the count, is impressed by a poem written by the poet Chénier, which celebrates the nobility of love and his patriotic sentiments. Meanwhile, Gérard, the count's servant, who is in love with Maddalena, is also moved by Chénier's poem and leaves the count's house in a fit of dissatisfaction with class society. Five years later, Gérard is a high-ranking official with the revolutionary government. Maddalena is now ruined while Chénier, critical of the revolutionary government, is chased by a secret agent. Slipping through police surveillance, the two meet again and confirm their love, but Gérard, who is looking for Maddalena, arrests Chénier, bring him to trial. Maddalena begs Gérard for Chénier's life. Ashamed of his love for Chénier's lover, Gérard swings over to the defense of Chénier, but despite his efforts, the poet is sentenced to death. On behalf of a condemned female convict, Maddalena steals into the prison where Chénier is incarcerated. They are taken to the guillotine while vowing eternal love···