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Preview: Season 53 Episode 22 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Giordano’s tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała.

Giordano’s tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva stars as Chénier’s aristocratic lover, Maddalena di Coigny, with baritone Igor Golovatenko as Carlo Gérard. Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to lead Nicolas Joël’s staging.

06/14/2026

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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...

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Piotr Beczała in Andrea Chénier: “Come un bel dì di maggio”

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Clip: S53 Ep22 | 1m 6s | Sentenced to death during the French Revolution, Andrea Chénier (Piotr Beczała) performs one last po (1m 6s)

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