At The Opera, Giordano's Andrea Chenier, August 26, 2017
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Andrea Chénier is a verismo opera in four acts by the composer Umberto Giordano, set to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica. It was first performed on March 28, 1896 at La Scala, Milan. The opera's story is based loosely on the life of the French poet André Chénier (1762–1794), who was executed during the French Revolution. The character Carlo Gérard is partly based on Jean-Lambert Tallien, a leading figure in the Revolution.
Cast:
Andrea Chenier – Beniamino Gigli
Carlo Gerard – Gino Bechi
Maddalena – Maria Caniglia
La Contessa – Giulietta Simonato
La Scala Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Oliviero De Fabritiis – conductor
EMI – 1942 Original remastered recording
8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
8:14 p.m.
Beniamino Gigli
Umberto Giordano
Andrea Chenier EMI - 1942
La Scala; De Fabritiis, conductor
10:54 p.m.
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
Verdi
Otello excerpts
11:23 p.m.
Luciano Pavarotti
Verdi
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11:25 p.m.
Elizabeth Harrwood
Puccini
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11:28 p.m.
Sherrill Milnes
Rossini
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11:33 p.m.
Vienna Opera Chorus
Verdi
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11:35 p.m.
Mario Del Monaco
Verdi
Di quella pira Il trovatore
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11:39 p.m.
Teresa Berganza
Gluck
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11:43 p.m.
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Massenet
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11:46 p.m.
Marilyn Horne
Bizet
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Havanaise) Carmen
11:50 p.m.
Placido domingo
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La fleur que tu m'avais jetée Carmen
11:53 p.m.
Cheryl Studer
Mozart
Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herze Die Zauberflöte* 3.01
11:56 p.m.
Mario Del Monaco
Leoncavallo
Recitar! ... Vesti la giubba Pagliacci
; Predelli, conductor
