Andrea Chenier- Umberto Giordano

Andrea Chenier- Umberto Giordano
DVD ISO | 720x540 | MPEG-2 DVD | PCM 2 channels | Language: Italian | Subtitles: EN, FR, GER, ES, JP | 112 MIN | 4.36 GB

Artists: Placido Domingo, Anna Tomowa-Sintov, Giorgio Zancanaro...
Conductor: Julius Rudel | Director: Michael Hampe | Recording Date: 1985 | Place of recording: Royal Opera Covent Garden

En ce 14 Juillet, je vous propose un opéra qui se passe pendant la révolution, qui ne fut pas aussi tranquille et salutaire qu'on veut bien l'enseigner. André Chénier, un poète passionné et patriote tombe amoureux de Madeleine de Coigny, fille d'aristocrates que la révolution accablera. Gérard, leur ancien domestique, est devenu chef révolutionnaire, l'aime et la veut pour lui. L'amoureux idéaliste, l'innocente amante et le rival sans scrupules, voilà de quoi faire un opéra qui vous ravira. La performance de Domingo est excellente, Zancanaro n'a pas non plus à rougir. Cependant, j'ai trouvé Tomowa-Sintov, en deça des mes espérances. On est loin de la Callas, mais de Callas, il n'y en a eu qu'une.

Giordano's passionate and most successful opera is set immediately before and during the French Revolution. Andrea Chénier, an idealistic poet, falls in love with Maddalena di Coigny at a reception at her mother's sumptuous château. Gérard, formerly a servant in the Coigny household, and now a revolutionary, also loves Maddalena. Elevated to the revolutionary court, he seizes the opportunity to have his rival, Chénier, condemned to death. Ultimately moved by Maddalena's devotion and selflessness in trying to save Chénier, Gérard regrets his actions and tries to save Chénier, but it is too late. With Gerard's help, Maddalena takes the place of a condemned woman and joins Chénier in his cell. As the tumbril arrives, the lovers look forward to their death together.

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