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Andrea Chenier (1981)
Directed by Otto Schenk
Music, Documentary · 2h 19m
Although Domingo was younger and Banackova looked more like the sweet and innocent young Madalena than the one played by Tomowa-Sintow in the ROH production, this production was not as good. It was not as tight and neat. The tempo set was far too slow for the time-period of the story. The stage setting was distracting. The lighting was too dark. Except Domingo, a natural actor who was always into his role and sings and acts with passion, none of the other performers came up with a convincing portrayal of the role he/she played.
Cast
Plácido Domingo
Andrea Chénier
G
Gabriela Beňačková
Maddalena di Coigny
Piero Cappuccilli
Carlo Gérard
H
Hans Helm
Roucher
R
Rohangiz Yachmi
Bersi
C
Czeslawa Slania
Contessa di Coigny
F
Fedora Barbieri
Madelon
Heinz Zednik
Incredible
R
Rudolf Mazzola
Schmidt
P
Paul Wolfrum
Pietro Fléville
Nello Santi
Conductor
Crew
- Director
- Otto Schenk
- Writer
- Luigi Illica
Details
- Original title
- Andrea Chénier
- Release date
- 1981-12-31
- Runtime
- 2h 19m
- Genres
- Music, Documentary
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- Austria
- Production
- Deutsche Grammophon