Andrea Chenier (1955)

Umberto Giordano (Composer), Antonino Votto (Conductor), La Scala Theater Orchestra (Orchestra), Aldo Protti (Performer), Enrico Campi (Performer), Enzo Sordello (Performer), Lucia Danieli (Performer), Maria Amadini (Performer), Maria Callas (Performer), Mario del Monaco (Performer), Silvana Zanolli (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Aldo Protti, Enrico Campi, Enzo Sordello, Lucia Danieli, Maria Amadini, et al.
• Orchestra: La Scala Theater Orchestra
• Conductor: Antonino Votto
• Composer: Umberto Giordano
• Audio CD (September 16, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Melodram
• ASIN: B000001ZP0
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,048,722 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Quadro Primo. Questo azzurro sofà... - Maria Callas

2. Quadro Primo. Son sessant'anni, o vecchio che tu servi!

3. Quadro Primo. Soffoco... moro tutta chiusa...

4. Quadro Primo. O pastorelle addio!

5. Quadro Primo. Un dì all' azzuro spazio

6. Quadro Secondo. Per l' ex inferno!

7. Quadro Secondo. Temer? Perchè? Perchè temer dovrò?

8. Quadro Secondo. Io non ho amato ancor!

9. Quadro Secondo. Calligrafia invero femminil!

10. Quadro Secondo. La donna che mi hai chiesto di cercare

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Disc: 2

1. Quadro Terzo. Dumouriez traditore e girondino

2. Quadro Terzo. Son la vecchia Madelon

3. Quadro Terzo. Nemico della patria?

4. Quadro Terzo. Carlo Gérard?...

5. Quadro Terzo. La mamma morta

6. Quadro Terzo. Si, fui soldato

7. Quadro Terzo. Udiamo i testimoni!

8. Quadro Quarto. Cittadino, men duol

9. Quadro Quarto. Come un bel dì di maggio

10. Quadro Quarto. Viene a costei concesso

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Callas and del Monaco together at their very best, September 13, 2000

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Erik Aleksander Moe "riddion" (Oslo, Norway) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Andrea Chenier (1955) (Audio CD)

First of all, this performance has been reissued from a company called Diva srl. under license by Maria Callas estate. I couldn't find it here, but this is the same performance.

I really must say that this recording really puts the Levine recording with Domingo to shame. Hearing that first aria by del Monaco gave me shivers. So much passion and power is a tenor I have only heard in Melchior, Vickers and Björling before. And I really must say that this performance proves to me that live performances are far better than studio performances. To hear both these artists at their peak singing with the most passion is something that can never be captured in the studio.

Being also a great Callas fan, I was anything but disappointed.

The sound is the only little thing that's not so good, but when you're hearing this stellar cast in the magnificent Teatro alla Scala opera house masterly conducted by Antonino Votto, you don't think about trivial things like that.

I very highly recommend this performance to any fan of the opera, Maria Callas or Mario del Monaco.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars from the old times..., May 26, 2000

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Jose - See all my reviews

This review is from: Andrea Chenier (1955) (Audio CD)

forget the stories they tell you about Domingo's or Pavarotti's perfomance of this opera. This is the recording you need to have for real enjoy. Mario del Monaco sings with power, fierceness and a deep italian stilish. Only Franco Corelli could be compared with him, and of course the Domingo's recording is not in this league (Pavarotti is almost ridicule). Andrea Chenier is a opera for tenor. They can show their powers with no restriction for the ensamble considerations. In this recording the cast is unsurpassed and is probably one of the best Del Monaco's recording. Mario del Monaco was an amazing singer and a kind of tenor that is not understood by english critics. Actually english critics doen't understood italian opera but this is another story...