Roderick Earle
Actor · b. 1952 · Winchester, England
Movies5
Movie7.3MusicLive from ROH 1985. Giordano's Andrea Chenier is one of the greatest of verismo operas, full of heart-stopping big tunes and powerful emotional situations. If it is not as well-known as it should be, it is because in summary it sounds a little too like Puccini's Tosca: there is a tussle between political opponents over a woman, an attempt to save a condemned man, a tenor aria about writing poetry on the eve of execution. The difference is that Gerard (Giorgio Zancanaro) is not a villain like Scarpia, he is an idealist whom the French Revolution has betrayed as much as it has his rival the poet Chenier (Placido Domingo). His temptation to abuse his power to seduce the virtuous Maddalena (Anna Tomowa-Sintow) is a momentary one, though its consequences are terrible. There is a streak of post-Wagnerian decadence in much of this--Maddalena is at least as much in love with death as she is with Chenier, and the final love duet has a deeply sinister aspect. -- From Amazon.co.uk
Andrea Chénier
1985 · 3 votes
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Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 2 June 1992.
Salomé
1992 · 4 votes
Movie9.0MusicDocumentaryBizet's masterwork, Carmen, directed for stage by the Spanish actress Núria Espert. Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in 1989.
Movie8.3MusicTV MovieLive performance, new production season 1984-5. BBC 2 Television relay on 30 March 1985 of performance of February 11.
Der Rosenkavalier
1985 · 3 votes
Movie10.0MusicThe complete version of Verdi's Otello performed by Placido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Gala Performance in honour of Sir Georg Solti's 80th birthday.. 27 October 1992. BBC 2 Television live relay.
Otello
1992 · 1 votes