TEATRO ALLA SCALA, MILANO 08 JAN 1955
LIVE REMASTERED 2017
2 CD 0190295844561 – DIGITAL
Giordano: Andrea Chénier
ORCHESTRA E CORO DEL TEATRO ALLA SCALA DI MILANO
ANTONINO VOTTO
While Puccini’s Tosca became closely identified with Callas, she appeared only rarely in other post-Verdi operas once she had risen to fame. She learned the role of Maddalena in Andrea Chénier
at short notice for a production at La Scala: Verdi’s Il trovatore had been planned, but the star tenor Mario Del Monaco engineered a change to Giordano’s red-blooded drama of the French Revolution. This recording captures the thrill of a first night at Italy’s most famous opera house, and Callas traces her character’s development – from a spoiled young aristocrat to a self-sacrificing woman in love – in gripping and moving detail.
ANDREA CHENIER: MARIO DEL MONACO
MADDALENA DI COIGNY: MARIA CALLAS
CARLO GERARD: ALDO PROTTI
LA MULATTA BERSI: SILVANA ZANOLLI
LA CONTESSA DI COIGNY: MARIA AMADINI
MADELON: LUCIA DANIELI
ROUCHER: ENRICO CAMPI
FLEVILLE: ENZO SORDELLO
FOUQUIER-TINVILLE: VITTORIO TATOZZI
IL SANCULOTTO MATHIEU: MICHELE CAZZATO
L’INCREDIBILE: MARIANO CARUSO
L’ABATE -THE ABBE: MARIO CARLIN
IL MAESTRO DI CASA -THE MAJORDOMO: CARLO FORTI
SCHMIDT: ERALDO CODA
DUMAS: GIUSEPPE MORRESI