Andrea Chénier (1985)
1h 47m
Running Time
May 1, 1985Release Date
Plot.
Live from ROH 1985. Giordano's Andrea Chenier is one of the greatest of verismo operas, full of heart-stopping big tunes and powerful emotional situations. If it is not as well-known as it should be, it is because in summary it sounds a little too like Puccini's Tosca: there is a tussle between political opponents over a woman, an attempt to save a condemned man, a tenor aria about writing poetry on the eve of execution. The difference is that Gerard (Giorgio Zancanaro) is not a villain like Scarpia, he is an idealist whom the French Revolution has betrayed as much as it has his rival the poet Chenier (Placido Domingo). His temptation to abuse his power to seduce the virtuous Maddalena (Anna Tomowa-Sintow) is a momentary one, though its consequences are terrible. There is a streak of post-Wagnerian decadence in much of this--Maddalena is at least as much in love with death as she is with Chenier, and the final love duet has a deeply sinister aspect. -- From Amazon.co.uk
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Cast & Crew.

Plácido Domingo
Andrea Chénier

Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Maddalena di Coigny

Giorgio Zancanaro
Carlo Gérard

Jonathan Summers
Roucher

Cynthia Buchan
Bersi

John Dobson
Incredible

Roderick Earle
Dumas

Eric Garrett
Gaoler

John Gibbs
Major Domo

Patricia Johnson
Contessa di Coigny

Rodney Macann
Mathieu

Alexander Oliver
Abbé

Gordon Sandison
Fléville

John Vernon
Producer

Anny Schlemm
Madelon

Julius Rudel
Conductor / Music Director
Details.
This Movie Is About.
opera live performance
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