At The Opera, Verdi: La Forza del Destino, April 19, 2014
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La forza del destino (The Force of Destino) is an Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on a Spanish drama, Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino (1835), by Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, with a scene adapted from Friedrich Schiller's Wallensteins Lager. It was first performed in the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre of Saint Petersburg, Russia, on November 22, 1862.
La forza del destino is frequently performed, and there have been a number of complete recordings. In addition, the overture is part of the standard repertoire for orchestras, often played as the opening piece at concerts.
This 1977 recording stars Leontyne Price, Placido Domingo and Sherrill Milnes. James Levine Conducts.
8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
8:06 p.m.
Verdi
La forza del destino
; Levine, conductor
11:20 p.m.
George London
Wagner
Die Walkure: Leb' Wohl, Du Kuhnes, Herrliches Kind!
11:38 p.m.
Mario Lanza
Verdi
Otello: Dio Ti Giocondi - Mario Lanza/Licia Albanese
RCA; Ray Sinatra, conductor Mario Lanza
11:56 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor