Bruno Bartoletti, Orchestra della RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Franco Corelli - Giordano: Andrea Chenier (2005/1973)
Bruno Bartoletti, Orchestra della RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Franco Corelli, Piero Cappuccilli - Giordano: Andrea Chénier (2005/1973)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Italiano (Dolby AC3, 1 ch) | 6.89 Gb (DVD9) | 110 min
Classical | Hardy Classic | Sub: English, Francais, Italiano
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Italiano (Dolby AC3, 1 ch) | 6.89 Gb (DVD9) | 110 min
Classical | Hardy Classic | Sub: English, Francais, Italiano
“This is something of a find – a production produced in Milan's television studios in 1973 that does more than justice to Giordano's verismo work about personal conflicts at the time of the French Revolution. It's directed, with considerable imagination, by the Czech Vaclav Kaslik, at the top of his profession in the 70s. In realistic period sets he unerringly creates the milieu of a degenerate aristocracy in Act 1 and of the raw mob-rule of the Revolution in the succeeding acts. The only drawback is the poor lip-synch.
Conductor Bruno Bartoletti makes certain we're unaware of the score's weaker moments and releases all the romantic passion in Giordano's highly charged writing for his principals.
Chénier was one of Corelli's most notable roles so it's good that his splendid portrayal has been preserved for posterity. He doesn't disappoint with his excitingly trumpet-like tones and finely moulded phrasing of the composer's grateful writing for his tenor hero, and – although already 52 – he still looks the part of the glamorous, challenging poet.
Cappuccilli was famous for his Gérard and here – at the height of his powers – he projects all the man's conflicting feelings with enormous conviction on a stream of burnished tone. Celestina Casapietra, a generally underrated soprano from Genoa, is just what Maddalena should be, and sings with a nice combination of tenderness and intense feeling. She and Corelli do full justice to their duets. The RAI orchestra plays well, but unfortunately it's too backwardly placed as regards the singers.” (The Gramophone)
Cast:
Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli
Carlo Gérard - Piero Cappuccilli
Maddalena di Coigny - Celestina Casapietra
La Mulatta Bersi - Giovanna Di Rocco
La Contessa di Coigny - Gabriella Carturan
Madelon - Cristina Anghelakova
Roucher - Luigi Roni
Fléville - Leonardo Monreale
Fouquier Tinville - Mario Chiappi
Il Sanculotto Mathieu - Giorgio Giorgetti
Un "Incredible" - Ermanno Lorenzi
L'Abate - Florindo Andreolli
Schmidt - Renzo Gonzales
Orchestra e Coro della RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana
Conductor - Bruno Bartoletti
Bruno Bartoletti, Orchestra della RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Franco Corelli - Giordano: Andrea Chenier (2005/1973)
Bruno Bartoletti, Orchestra della RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Franco Corelli - Giordano: Andrea Chenier (2005/1973)
Bruno Bartoletti, Orchestra della RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Franco Corelli - Giordano: Andrea Chenier (2005/1973)
Bruno Bartoletti, Orchestra della RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Franco Corelli - Giordano: Andrea Chenier (2005/1973)
