A main antagonist remorsefully sings "Nemico della Patria" and reflects on his zealousness as he writes an accusation against the title character for the tribunal.
A main antagonist remorsefully sings "Nemico della Patria" and reflects on his zealousness as he writes an accusation against the title character for the tribunal. The title character begs for his life in "Si, Fui Soldato" and decries the corruption of the revolution, and his accuser Gerrard even admits to fabricating the charges in an unsuccessful bid to save him, having been moved by Maddalena di Coigny's touching soprano aria about the loss of a parent, "La Mamma Morta." FTP, name this opera that ends with the titular historical poet being guillotined during the Reign of Terror, the magnum opus of Umberto Giordano.
A main antagonist remorsefully sings "Nemico della Patria" and reflects on his zealousness as he writes an accusation against the title character for the tribunal.
{Andrea Chenier}