Andrea Chénier [videorecording] / by Umberto Giordano ; libretto by Luigi Illica ; production, Nicolas Joël ; a Metropolitan Opera production ; director, Brian Large ; producers, Louisa Briccetti, Susan Erben
DVD; sound LPCM stereo., DTS 5.1 surround; picture format 4:3; region code 0 (worldwide); NTSC
Opera in four acts
Sung in Italian; subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish and Chinese
Luciano Pavarotti (Andrea Chénier) ; Maria Guleghina (Maddalena di Coigny) ; Juan Pons (Carlo Gérard) ; Bradley Garvin (Il Maestro di casa) ; Judith Christin (La contessa di Coigny) ; Wendy White (Bersi) ; Christopher Schaldenbrand (Pietro Fléville) ; Bernard Fitch (L'Abate) ; Paul Plishka (Mathieu) ; Michel Sénéchal (Un "Incredible") ; Haijing Fu (Roucher) : Stephanie Blythe (Madelon) ; Jeffrey Wells (Dumas) ; Yanni Yannissis (Fouquier-Tinville) ; Richard Vernon (Schmidt) ; the Metropolian Opera Orchestra and Chorus : James Levine, conductor
Set and constume designer, Hubert Monloup ; lighting designer, Duane Schuler
Recorded at the Metropolian Opera House, New York City, October 15, 1996
Program notes and synopsis in English (13 p.) inserted in container
Luciano Pavarotti stars in the vivid staging of Giordano's opera set during the tumultuous French Revolution
