Verdi - La Forza Del Destino (live from the Met, Domingo, Levine, 1977)

Verdi's La Forza del Destino
Opera on 3, Live from the Met

Two of the great operatic singers of our times star in this historic 1977 performance from the Met's archive of Verdi's La Forza del Destino. Both Leontyne Pryce and Placido Domingo are at the peak of their careers as they take the roles of the ill-fated lovers Leonora and Don Alvaro in Verdi's tragic tale of love, divided loyalties, revenge and death.

Leonora.....Leontyne Price (soprano)
Preziosilla.....Rosalind Elias (mezzo-soprano)
Don Alvaro.....Placido Domingo (tenor)
Don Carlo.....Cornell MacNeil (baritone)
Fra Melitone.....Renato Capecchi (baritone)
Padre Guardiano.....Martti Talvela (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of The Metropolitan Opera, New York
James Levine, conductor.


Also: A guide to Verdi's opera La Forza del Destino featuring the voices of opera historian Sarah Lenton, Verdi experts Flora Willson and Nicholas Baragwanath, as well as conductor Antonio Pappano.

Broadcast: 23 March 2013
Duration: 8 minutes

Plus pictures from the production.


Note: In this upload I have edited each act of the opera into a different file, with a sub-directory containing the between-act commentary.

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