Overview
Although Domingo was younger and Banackova looked more like the sweet and innocent young Madalena than the one played by Tomowa-Sintow in the ROH production, this production was not as good. It was not as tight and neat. The tempo set was far too slow for the time-period of the story. The stage setting was distracting. The lighting was too dark. Except Domingo, a natural actor who was always into his role and sings and acts with passion, none of the other performers came up with a convincing portrayal of the role he/she played.
Cast
- Plácido Domingo as Andrea Chénier
- Gabriela Beňačková as Maddalena di Coigny
- Piero Cappuccilli as Carlo Gérard
- Hans Helm as Roucher
- Rohangiz Yachmi as Bersi
- Czeslawa Slania as Contessa di Coigny
- Fedora Barbieri as Madelon
- Heinz Zednik as Incredible
- Rudolf Mazzola as Schmidt
- Paul Wolfrum as Pietro Fléville