Opera North: Andrea Chénier review – great singing and impeccably judged conducting

Grand theatre, Leeds
Rafael Rojas, Annemarie Kremer and Robert Hayward give riveting performances in Annabel Arden’s thoughtful new production of Giordano’s French revolution-set tragedyNot so long ago, Andrea Chénier was chiefly remembered for its soprano showpiece, La mamma morta, to which Tom Hanks performed a morbid pas-de-deux with his hospital drip in the movie Philadelphia. Yet two major UK productions in 12 months seems to indicate that Umberto Giordano’s opera,