Angelo Questa, Chorus and Orchestra of RAI, Mario del Monaco - Giordano: Andrea Chenier (2006/1955)
Angelo Questa, Chorus and Orchestra of RAI, Mario del Monaco - Giordano: Andrea Chénier (2006/1955)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 7.50 Gb (DVD9) | 115 min
Classical | Bel Canto Society
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 7.50 Gb (DVD9) | 115 min
Classical | Bel Canto Society
Chenier was the role with which Del Monaco changed singing by introducing a technique taught by Arturo Melocchi, based on singing with the larynx kept low, at the bottom of the neck. It gave Del Monaco a powerful, brassy, thick, muscular, penetrating sound.
In March 1949 Del Monaco sang Chenier at La Scala. His performances excited the public and marked a changing of the guard. Gigli sang his final Scala performances in 1947, as Chenier. His object and that of the tenors he influenced was, above all, to caress you. Del Monaco's was to excite you.
Del Monaco sang La Scala's March 6, 1949 broadcast of Chenier. On hearing it Corelli, already having tried many teachers, went to study with Melocchi. Their lowered-larynx approach has been copied by Vladimir Atlantov, Giuseppe Giacomini, Luis Lima, Nicola Martinucci and a host of others. (Stefan Zucker)
Cast:
Andrea Chenier - Mario del Monaco
Charles Gerard - Giuseppe Taddei
Maddalena di Coigny - Antonietta Stella
La Mulatta Bersi - Luisa Mandelli
La Contessa di Coigny - Maria Amadini
Roucher - Franco Calabrese
Madelon - Ortensia Beggiato
Il Sanculotto Mathieu - Leo Pudis
Fouquier-Tinville - Leonardo Monreale
Il Romanziero / Pietro Fleville - Antonio Sacchetti
Un "Incredibile" - Athos Cesarini
L'Abate - Salvatore De Tommasi
Il Maestro di Casa - Egidio Casolari
Dumas - Arrigo Cattalani
Schmidt - Bruno Cioni
Chorus and Orchestra of RAI
Conductor - Angelo Questa
Angelo Questa, Chorus and Orchestra of RAI, Mario del Monaco - Giordano: Andrea Chenier (2006/1955)
Angelo Questa, Chorus and Orchestra of RAI, Mario del Monaco - Giordano: Andrea Chenier (2006/1955)
Angelo Questa, Chorus and Orchestra of RAI, Mario del Monaco - Giordano: Andrea Chenier (2006/1955)
Angelo Questa, Chorus and Orchestra of RAI, Mario del Monaco - Giordano: Andrea Chenier (2006/1955)
