Andrea Chénier : [Royal Opera House production] /
Set in Paris immediately before and during the French Revolution, Andrea Chénier is Umberto Giordano's passionate and most successful opera. Placido Domingo stars in the title role as the idealistic poet of the French Revolution, and Maddalena, the object of Chénier's adoration, is portray...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Italian |
| Language Notes: | Sung in Italian. |
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Berlin, Berlin State :
C Major Entertainment,
1985.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Set in Paris immediately before and during the French Revolution, Andrea Chénier is Umberto Giordano's passionate and most successful opera. Placido Domingo stars in the title role as the idealistic poet of the French Revolution, and Maddalena, the object of Chénier's adoration, is portrayed by the Bulgarian soprano Anna Tomowa-Sintow. A servant-turned-revolutionary, Gérard, also loves Maddalena, and when he is elevated to the revolutionary court he wreaks his revenge against Chénier who is condemned to death. Maddalena joins Chénier in his cell and they go to the guillotine together. Gérard, torn between political and amorous loyalties, is the Italian baritone Giorgio Zancanaro. "Triumphantly successful" The Sunday Times. |
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| Item Description: | Title from title screen (viewed March 18, 2022). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (116 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 01:55:47 |
| Production Credits: | Stage lighting, Robert Bryan ; production rehearsed by Jeremy Sutcliffe ; dances arranged by Romayne Grigorova ; sets and costumes from the Cologne Opera production ; directed for video by Humphrey Burton. |