GIORDANO Andrea Chenier

 

Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Guleghina, Juan Pons

Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / James Levine

 

This Dino Yannopoulos-directed production ran at the Metropolitan Opera  at irregular intervals until 1977, with the title role attracting the likes of Carlo Bergonzi, Franco Corelli, and Plácido Domingo. Maddalena would be sung by Renata Tebaldi, Martina Arroyo, and Eileen Farrell; Gérard by Robert Merrill and Ettore Bastianini; and Fausto Cleva, Lamberto Gardelli, and James Levine presided in the pit.

Levine again conducted when Nicolas Joël’s production premiered in April 1996 with Luciano Pavarotti in the title role, opposite Aprile Millo and Juan Pons. This DVD captures a telecast from the following season, with Pavarotti and Pons reprising their portrayals and Maria Guleghina as Maddalena.

 

Decca DVD 743421