Giordano, U: Andrea Chénier
Plácido Domingo (Andrea Chénier), Renata Scotto (Madeleine di Coigny), Sherrill Milnes (Carlo Gérard), Maria Ewing (Bersi), Jean Kraft (La Contessa di Coigny), Gwendolyn Killebrew (Madelon), Allan Monk (Roucher)
John Alldis Choir & National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine
The reigning triumvirate of the whole [Sony Opera House] series, the Scotto-Domingo-Milnes axis under Levine, is represented here by one of their greatest achievements...The final scene in which...
Giordano, U: Andrea Chénier
Plácido Domingo (Andrea Chénier), Renata Scotto (Madeleine di Coigny), Sherrill Milnes (Carlo Gérard), Maria Ewing (Bersi), Jean Kraft (La Contessa di Coigny), Gwendolyn Killebrew (Madelon), Allan Monk (Roucher)
John Alldis Choir & National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine
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The reigning triumvirate of the whole [Sony Opera House] series, the Scotto-Domingo-Milnes axis under Levine, is represented here by one of their greatest achievements...The final scene in which...
About
CD includes a booklet with a three-language synopsis (English/French/German), full cast list and detailed track list.
Contents and tracklist
- Gwendolyn Killebrew (mezzo-soprano), David Brand (soprano), Maria Ewing (mezzo-soprano), Piero de Palma (tenor), Nigel Beavan (bass baritone), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Stuart Harling (bass), Isser Bushkin (bass), Enzo Dara (baritone), Allan Monk (baritone), Jean Kraft (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm King (bass), Terence Sharpe (bass), Michel Sénéchal (tenor), Renata Scotto (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), John Alldis (chorus master)
- National Philharmonic Orchestra
- James Levine
Awards and reviews
July 2010
The reigning triumvirate of the whole [Sony Opera House] series, the Scotto-Domingo-Milnes axis under Levine, is represented here by one of their greatest achievements...The final scene in which the poet and his lover face the guillotine with all guns blazing will have you on the edge of your seat. Surely this is unsurpassable.
