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Andrea Chénier

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7.5/10 • 2

1985-05-011h 47m

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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

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  1. Plácido Domingo

    Plácido Domingo

    Andrea Chénier

  2. Anna Tomowa-Sintow

    Anna Tomowa-Sintow

    Maddalena di Coigny

  3. Giorgio Zancanaro

    Giorgio Zancanaro

    Carlo Gérard

  4. Jonathan Summers

    Jonathan Summers

    Roucher

  5. Cynthia Buchan

    Cynthia Buchan

    Bersi

  6. John Dobson

    John Dobson

    Incredible

  7. Roderick Earle

    Roderick Earle

    Dumas

  8. Eric Garrett

    Eric Garrett

    Gaoler

  9. John Gibbs

    John Gibbs

    Major Domo

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Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
Budget
--
Revenue
--
Keywords
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