56K views · 4.5K reactions | Andrea Chénier, final duet, Wiener Staatsoper 1981 Placido Domingo (Chénier), Gabriela Benackova (Maddalena) | Placido Domingo | Facebook

🎭🎉 On this day in 1896, Andrea Chenier premiered at La Scala, Milan! The opera, which was an immediate success, was inspired by the life of the French Romantic poet André Chenier, who was guillotined during the French Revolution. Andrea Chénier is the only one of the ten works composed by Umberto Giordano that is still being staged today. Check out this clip of Jonas Kaufmann as the title character singing 'Un dì, all'azzurro spazio' from a 2015 performance. You can watch the full production b

There are many arias I like, but this one is at the very top, and I love singing it in concert: “Nemico della patria” from Andrea Chénier. The whole role of Carlo Gérard is a dream for any dramatic baritone. Here is my latest version from this past May with the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra led by my dear friend Constantine Orbelian.🎶 You can watch the whole aria on my YouTube channel. | George Gagnidze