21세기 초, 군사방위 프로그램으로 제작된 네트워크 스카이넷은 자각력이 생겨 인류가 자신을 파괴할 것을 예상하고 인류에 대한 핵공격을 감행했다. 살아남은 자들은 이를 심판의 날이라 불렀으며, 처참하게 파괴된 2018년 지구에는 기계 군단과 인간 저항군 사이의 악몽 같은 전쟁이 계속되고 있었다. 스카이넷은 인류 말살을 위해 터미네이터 군단을 만들었고, 보다 치명적인 터미네이터를 만들기 위해 인간들을 잡아다 생체 실험에 이용하고 있었다. 인간 저항군의 리더인 존 코너는 기계군단의 비밀을 캐기 위해 저항군 조직과 함께 스카이넷이 만든 실험 기지에 침투하는데...
Live 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
La Fanciulla del West, Puccini's penultimate opera is based on a play by David Belasco set at the height of the notorious California gold rush. The composer took three years to complete the work, which, for him, marked a new stylish departure. With more modern harmonic combinations and local melodies, Puccini pieced together a far larger canvas than anything he had tackled before. In this recording, Piero Faggioni's highly detailed staging is matched by Ken Adam's superbly atmospheric sets. Carol Neblett sings the role of Minnie "The Girl of the Gold West," Placido Domingo is as ignitable as ever in the role of Dick Johnson, alias the bandit, Ramirez, and Silvano Carroli sings the sinister sheriff, Jack Rance. Conducted by Nello Santi.
