This rare video of scenes from a 1988 production of Giordano’s ANDREA CHENIER from Pretoria, South Africa, caught my attention with the names of Carla Pohl (photo above) and George Fortune in the cast. Unfortunately, Mr. Fortune’s “Nemico della patria” is not included, but most of Maddalena’s music suits Ms. Pohl very well (though her hairdo is hardly credible at the time of the Reign of Terror).
I saw Maurizio Frusoni as Cavaradossi in a very exciting TOSCA given at Bridgeport, Connecticut (of all places) in 1984 opposite excellent colleagues Olivia Stapp and Frederick Burchinal. Mr. Frusoni is a solid Chenier in the Pretoria production.
Watch and listen here.
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