The Guillotine and the Lyre: What Andrea Chénier Reveals about the French Revolution

Tags: Anarchy, Europe, Law, The Police State

07/14/2025 Marcos Giansante

The poet, the opera, and the Terror: when art dares to confront the violence of power. How one artist portrays the French Revolution and the political terror it unleashed is a grim reminder of what today’s Bastille Day celebrations ignore.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/guillotine-and-lyre-what-andrea-chenier-reveals-about-french-revolution

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