
Andrea Chénier
Visit website7.5/10 • 2
1985-05-01 • 1h 47m
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
- Directors
- Lamberto Puggelli, Humphrey Burton
- Writters
- Luigi Illica

Andrea Chénier
Visit website1985-05-01 • 1h 47m
7.5/10 • 2
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
- Directors
- Lamberto Puggelli, Humphrey Burton
- Writters
- Luigi Illica
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsPlácido 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
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