A revolutionary poet sings for love while the guillotine sings for blood. Broadway wishes.
This is the story of a poet who lived at the time of the French Revolution. The poet's name was Andrea Chénier. He lived and died amongst love and bloodshed. The numerous words of truth spun by this revolutionary poet became poems for eternity. Even today, they continue to shine light on the hopes that rest in people's hearts.
Production
Takarazuka's signature gender-flipped casting creates electric romantic tension.
Costume
Rococo decadence crashes into revolutionary rags—visual whiplash.
Score
Giordano's opera given full bombastic Japanese musical theatre treatment.
Director
Ueda Keiko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Takarazuka Revue's all-female troupe has performed since 1914, with male-role specialists (otokoyaku) training years to embody idealized masculinity.
The real André Chénier was executed just two days before Robespierre fell; his actual poems were smuggled out of prison.
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