Andrea Chenier

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.

• Otto SchenkDirector
• Luigi IllicaWriter

• Plácido DomingoAndrea Chénier
• Gabriela BeňačkováMaddalena di Coigny
• Piero CappuccilliCarlo Gérard
• Hans HelmRoucher
• Rohangiz YachmiBersi
• Czeslawa SlaniaContessa di Coigny
• Fedora BarbieriMadelon
• Heinz ZednikIncredible
• Rudolf MazzolaSchmidt
• Paul WolfrumPietro Fléville
• Nello SantiConductor