(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1938(RE) - Fabritiis Oliviero De - EIAR Roma*
2 1941(STU) - Marinuzzi Gino - EIAR Torino*
3 1943(LE) - Walter Bruno - Metropolitan Opera*
4 1943(LI) - Walter Bruno - Metropolitan Opera*
5 1949(FI) - Santini Gabriele - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma**
6 1950-1955(SE) - Cellini Renato - RCA Victor Orchestra*
7 1951(LE) - Votto Antonino - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro*
8 1951(LI) - Busch Fritz - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
9 1951(RA) - Quadri Argeo - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest*
10 1952(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
11 1952(RA) - Schmidt-Isserstedt Hans - Sinfonieorchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg)*
12 1952 - Rosa Parodi Armando La - Teatro alla Scala*
13 1953(LC) - Herbert Walter - New Orleans Opera*
14 1953(LI) - Mitropoulos Dimitri - Teatro Comunale di Firenze*
15 1954(LE) - Fabritiis Oliviero De - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro*
16 1954(LI) - Santini Gabriele - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*
17 1954(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
18 1954(STU) - Serafin Tullio - Teatro alla Scala*
19 1955(LI) - Pritchard John - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
20 1955(LI) - Votto Antonino - Teatro alla Scala*
21 1955(STU) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Santa Cecilia*
22 1956(LI) - Santini Gabriele - Teatro Comunale di Firenze*
23 1956(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
24 1956?(SE) - Basile Arturo - RAI Torino*
25 1957(LI) - Votto Antonino - Teatro alla Scala*
26 1957(RA) - Sanzogno Nino - RAI Roma*
27 1958(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli***
28 1958(LI) - Narducci Antonio - Palacio de las Bellas Artes*
29 1958(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
30 1958(STU) - Previtali Fernando - Santa Cecilia*
31 1960(LI) - Mitropoulos Dimitri - Wiener Staatsoper*
32 1960(LI) - Previtali Fernando - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
33 1960(LI) - Schippers Thomas - Metropolitan Opera*
34 1960?(RA) - Rossi Mario - Orchester des Westdeutschen Rundfunks*
35 1961(LI) - Previtali Fernando - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
36 1961(LI) - Schick George - Metropolitan Opera*
37 1961(LI) - Ziino Ottavio - Teatro Regio di Parma*
38 1962(LI) - Erede Alberto - Nederlandische Opera*
39 1962(LI) - Solti Georg - Covent Garden*
40 1962(SE) - Löwlein Hans - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin*
41 1963(LE) - Cellini Renato - New Orleans Opera*
42 1963(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Teatro Regio di Parma*
43 1963(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*
44 1964(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Teatro Comunale di Bologna*
45 1964(LI) - Santi Nello - Metropolitan Opera*
46 1964(STU) - Schippers Thomas - RCA Italiana Orchestra*
47 1965(LI) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - Teatro alla Scala*
48 1965(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*
49 1965(LI) - Santi Nello - Metropolitan Opera*
50 1965(SE) - Patanè Giuseppe - Staatskapelle Dresden*
51 1965(SE) - Schüchter Wilhelm - Deutsche Oper Berlin*
52 1966(LI) - Angelis Pasquale de - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli***
53 1966(LI) - Rossi Mario - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia*
54 1967(LI) - Capuana Franco - Arena di Verona*
55 1967(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Metropolitan Opera*
56 1967(LI) - Rich Martin - Metropolitan Opera*
57 1968(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Metropolitan Opera*
58 1968(SE) - Kórodi András - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra*
59 1969(LI) - Patanè Giuseppe - San Francisco Opera*
60 1969(STU) - Gardelli Lamberto - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
61 1969?(STU) - Savini Ino - Orchestra Stabile del Viotti*
62 196?(SE) - Völkel Siegfried - Berliner Staatskapelle*
63 1970(LI) - Peloso Paolo - Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genova*
64 1970(STU) - Litvin Carol - Orchestra of Rumanian Radio-Television*
65 1971(LE) - Savini Ino - Gran Teatro del Liceo*
66 1971(LI) - Gregor Bohumil - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg*
67 1971(RA) - Previtali Fernando - RAI Torino*
68 1972(LI) - Previtali Fernando - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
69 1972(LI) - Veltri Michelangelo - Metropolitan Opera*
70 1974(LI) - Inbal Eliahu - Bayerische Staatsoper*
71 1974(LI) - Muti Riccardo - Teatro Comunale di Firenze*
72 1974(LI) - Muti Riccardo - Wiener Staatsoper*
73 1975(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*
74 1975(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Arena di Verona*
75 1976(LI) - Ziino Ottavio - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*
76 1976(STU) - Levine James - London Symphony Orchestra*
77 1978(LI) - Arena Maurizio - Arena di Verona*
78 1978(LI) - Patanè Giuseppe - Teatro alla Scala***
79 1979(LI) - Adler Kurt Herbert - San Francisco Opera*
80 1979(LI) - NOT KNOWN - Gran Teatro del Liceo***
81 1979(LI) - Patanè Giuseppe - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*
82 1980(LI) - Gomez-Martinis (Gómez Martínez) Miguel-Ángel - Wiener Staatsoper*
83 1981(LI) - Armstrong Richard - Welsh National Opera*
84 1981(LI) - Dohnányi Christoph von - L'Opéra de Paris**
85 1981(LI) - Matheson John - BBC Concert Ochestra*
86 1984(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera**
87 1985(STU) - Sinopoli Giuseppe - Philharmonia Orchestra*
88 1986(STU) - Muti Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala*
89 1987(LI) - Gandolfi Romano - Orchestra Sinfonica dell Emilia Romagna «Arturo Toscanini»*
90 1989(LI) - Kellog Cal Stewart - Washington Opera*
91 1989(LI) - Waters Willie - Greater Miami Opera*
92 1992(LI) - Argiris Spiros - Teatro Bellini di Catania*
93 1992(LI) - Oren Daniel - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli**
94 1996(LI) - Plasson Michel - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse**
95 1996 - Gergiev Valery - Kirov Theatre*
96 1998(LI) - Morandi Pier Giorgio - L'Opéra de Marseille*
97 1998 - Gergiev Valery - Kirov Theatre**
98 1999(LI) - Muti Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala***
99 2004(LI) - Pappano Antonio - Covent Garden*
100 2005(LI) - Luisi Fabio - Bayerische Staatsoper*
101 2005(LI) - Paganini Giorgio - Orquesta de la Casa de la Ópera de Buenos Aires*
102 2006(LC) - Karitynos Lukas - Orchestra Filarmonica Veneta «Gian Francesco Malipiero»***
103 2007(LC) - Mehta Zubin - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino**
104 2008(LI) - Guingal Alain - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo*
105 2008(LI) - Mehta Zubin - Wiener Staatsoper***
106 2008(LI) - Ono Kazushi - Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1938(RE)
Orchestra - EIAR Roma
Chorus - EIAR Roma
Leonora di Vargas - Gina Cigna
Fra Melitone - Emilio Ghirardini
Padre Guardiano - Giacomo Vaghi
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 132 (+Otello - excerpts) {1LP} (1972)ª
Compact Disc - Legato Classics LCD 173-2 (+Il trovatore - Gui)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- Recording of the second part of Act 2 in a performance broadcast on 10 October 1938
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Conductor Gino Marinuzzi - 1941(STU)
Orchestra - EIAR Torino
Chorus - EIAR Torino
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Ernesto Dominici
Leonora di Vargas - Maria Caniglia
Don Carlo - Carlo Tagliabue
Don Alvaro - Galliano Masini
Preziosilla - Ebe Stignani
Fra Melitone - Saturno Meletti
Curra - Liana Avogardo
Padre Guardiano - Tancredi Pasero
Mastro Trabuco - Giuseppe Nessi
Un Chirurgo - Ernesto Dominici
Un Alcalde - Dario Caselli
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Black Disc - Cetra CB 20104-20121 {18x78s}; Cetra OLPC 1236/1-3 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDO 3; Grammofono 2000 AB78567/8; Arkadia 2CD 78020;; *Frequenz 043 023 {2CDS}; Lyrica LRC 010932 {2CDS} ; Warner Fonit 8573 82652-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110206/7 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1962 p.157; October 1962 p.190; August 2002 p.84, p.87 [AB]
Opera - January 1996 p.20; October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]
Opera News - June 1997 p.54
Orpheus - August/September 1996 S.89
Diapason - No.498 décembre 2002 p.126 [MP]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.173 p.170
Classical Express - Issue No.72 February 1996 p.7: Issue No.81 November 1996 p.4
International Opera Collector - Spring 1997 No.3 p.14: Winter 1997 No.6 p.96 [MO]
American Record Guide - July/August 1997 Vol.60 No.4 p.241
International Record Review - January 2001 p.121 [PO'C]
Classic Record Collector - Autumn pp.96-97 [TP]
ARSC Journal - Vol.35 No.1 Spring 2004 pp.120-122 [EAM]
Opernwelt - Januar 1/1996 p.55
Répertoire - No.91 mai 1996 p.66
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.95 enero 1997 p.44
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.58
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.142 luglio-agosto 2000 pp.104-105 [GL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.84 [MC]
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Conductor Bruno Walter - 1943(LE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Leonora di Vargas - Stella Roman
Don Carlo - Lawrence Tibbett
Don Alvaro - Frederick Jagel
Padre Guardiano - Ezio Pinza
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera EJS 561 {1LP} (1971)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the MET (27 November 1943)
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Conductor Bruno Walter - 1943(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis D' Angelo
Leonora di Vargas - Stella Roman
Don Carlo - Lawrence Tibbett
Don Alvaro - Frederick Jagel
Preziosilla - Irra Petina
Fra Melitone - Salvatore Baccaloni
Curra - Thelma Votipka
Padre Guardiano - Ezio Pinza
Mastro Trabuco - Alessio De Paolis
Un Chirurgo - John Gurney
Un Alcalde - Lorenzo Alvary
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 211 {2LPS} (1961)ª
Compact Disc; - *AS Disc AS 409/10 {2CDS}; The Forties FT 1503-4 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Naxos Historical 8 110038/40 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Arkadia «The Golden Age» GA 2009 {2CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1995 p.34 (mention) [RC]; June 1999 p.114 [AB]
Orpheus - Juli 1995 S.59
Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.58
International Opera Collector - Summer 1999 No.12 p.91 [JTH]
Opernwelt - Juni 6/1995 S.60
Le Monde de la Musique - No.235 septembre 1999 p.106 [SB]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (23 January 1943). According to the reviewin ORPHEUS the AS recording is best
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Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1949(FI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Fausto Tomei
Leonora di Vargas - Caterina Mancini
Don Carlo - Tito Gobbi
Don Alvaro - Galliano Masini
Preziosilla - Cloe Elmo
Fra Melitone - Vito de Taranto
Padre Guardiano - Giulio Neri
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VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society #657
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- Video recording of a film directed by Carmine Gallone. The roles of Leonara and Don Alvaro are acted by Nelly Corradi and Gino Sinimberghi. See «Opera Fanatic'sCatalogue» No.35 p.61
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Conductor Renato Cellini - 1950-1955(SE)
Orchestra - RCA Victor Orchestra
Chorus - Robert Shaw Chorale
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Leonard Warren
Don Alvaro - Jan Peerce
Padre Guardiano - Nicola Moscona
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 1916 {1LP} (1956)ª;; HMV ALP 1371 {1LP} (1956)ª
Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 120-1 {1CDR} (2001)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111322-24 (+recording conducted by Serafin) {3CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1956 pp.137-138 [PHW]
Fanfare - August Vol.38 No.6 July/August 2008 pp.296-297 [HF]
American Record Guide - March 1956 Vol.22 No.7 p.107 [MDS]: May/June 2008 Vol.71 No.3 pp.281-282 [CHP]
E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1956 p.13
Comments:- The CDR issued by Premiere was advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001».
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Conductor Antonino Votto - 1951(LE)
Orchestra - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro
Chorus - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Giuseppe Modesti
Leonora di Vargas - Elisabetta Barbato
Don Carlo - Enzo Mascherini
Don Alvaro - Beniamino Gigli
Fra Melitone - Guilhermo Damiano
Curra - Carmen Pimental
Padre Guardiano - Giulio Neri
Un Chirurgo - Antonio Lembo
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 380 {2LPS} (1966)ª; Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 259-2 {2LPS}
Compact Cassette; - *Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1731 (1989)ª
Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 807-1 {1CD} (1990)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.158 [DA]
Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance in the Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro (16 August 1951). The compact cassette issued by Lyric is listed in their list of «Pre-Recorded Operatic Cassettes - New Listings - September 1989».
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Conductor Fritz Busch - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Stanley Mason
Leonora di Vargas - Walburga Wegner
Don Carlo - Marko Rothmüller
Don Alvaro - David Poleri
Preziosilla - Mildred Miller
Fra Melitone - Owen Brannigan
Curra - Bruna MacLean
Padre Guardiano - Bruce Dargavel
Mastro Trabuco - Robert Thomas
Un Chirurgo - Philip Lewtas
Un Alcalde - Dennis Wicks
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 678 (& 4143 & 443) ;; Golden Melodram GM 60015 {3CDS} (2004)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 5014 {2CDS} (2005)ª
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 8265
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.29 No.6 July/August 2006 pp.216-217 [BB]
Classic Record Collector - Summer 2005 p.101 [DP]
American Record Guide - July/August 2005 Vol.68 No.4 p.268 [MM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.79 abril 2005 p.83 [JC]
Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.AT (mention) [AT]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the King's Theatre, Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh International Festival (1 September 1951). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. See Radio Times Issue dated August 26-September 1 1951 p.43. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). According to the review in ARG the performance on the CDs issued on the Golden Melodram label is that of 20 August 1951. This date is also given on their website by Omega for one of their recordings (4143). This performance was not broadcast. The Glyndebourne Company performed «La forza del destino» nine times at Edinburgh in 1951, but did not perform it at Glyndebourne that year as stated in some sources. See «Glyndebourne - A History of the Festival Opera» by Spike Hughes p.175, pp.297-298.
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Conductor Argeo Quadri - 1951(RA)
Orchestra - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest
Chorus - Groot Omroepkoor
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Aad de Rijk
Leonora di Vargas - Antonietta Stella
Don Carlo - Rolando Panerai
Don Alvaro - José Soler
Preziosilla - Amalia Pini
Fra Melitone - Melchiorre Luise
Curra - Pim Borkent
Padre Guardiano - Enzo Felicitati
Mastro Trabuco - Cornelius Kalkman
Un Chirurgo - Aad de Rijk
Un Alcalde - Aad de Rijk
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Compact Disc; - Mitridate «Ponto» 1037 (+highlights cond. Rother) {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
International Record Review - February 2006 p.31 [JTH]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.94 octubre 2006 p.87 [JMP]
Comments:- *Recording of a broadcast performance.
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Luben Vichey
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Leonard Warren
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Preziosilla - Mildred Miller
Fra Melitone - Gerhard Pechner
Curra - Laura Castellano
Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines
Un Chirurgo - Algerd Brazis
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Compact Disc; - Music & Arts CD-693 {2CDS}; *Bensar Records Ltd. OL 112952 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers FOR 195201 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - June 1993 p.83
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (29 November 1952; the performance on 10 November 1952 is reviewed in OPERA January 1952 p.21). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt - 1952(RA)
Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg)
Chorus - Chor des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg)
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Sigmund Roth
Leonora di Vargas - Carla (Dragica) Martinis
Don Carlo - Josef Metternich
Don Alvaro - Rudolf Schock
Preziosilla - Martha Mödl
Fra Melitone - Gustav Neidlinger
Curra - Ursula Zollenkopf
Padre Guardiano - Gottlob Frick
Mastro Trabuco - Kurt Marschner
Un Chirurgo - Karl (Carl) Otto
Un Alcalde - Ernst-Max Lühr
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Black Disc; - Eurodisc 300 724-435 {3LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - Cantus Classics 500 332 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Wallhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0002 {2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Dezember 1980 S.853-S.855 [GH]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.87 [VM]
International Record Review - February 2005 p.32 [MT]
Comments:- *The orchestra and chorus are stated incorrectly on the LPs to be those of «Norddeutscher Rundfunk» which was not formed until 1955 (see «Lexicon der Interpreten klassischer Musik im 20.Jahrhundert» S.849, S.883. Premiere has issued a recording (CDNO 650-2) of what appears to be this performance, but with the conductor given in their catalogue as Stokowski.
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Conductor Armando La Rosa Parodi - 1952
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Gino Calò
Leonora di Vargas - Adriana Guerrini
Don Carlo - Anselmo Colzani
Don Alvaro - Giuseppe Campora
Preziosilla - Miriam Pirazzini
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Maria Forcato
Padre Guardiano - Giuseppe Modesti
Mastro Trabuco - Gino Del Signore
Un Chirurgo - Mario Cappelli
Un Alcalde - Giovanni Cosimi
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Black Disc; - Urania URLP 226 {3LPS} (1952)ª;; Urania US 5226-3 {3LPS} (1962)ª; Saga FID 2138 (Highlights)
Compact Disc; - Preiser Records 20033 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
American Record Guide - December 1952 Vol.19 No.4 p.110 [FAL]: May 1961 Vol.28 No.9 p.740: May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.242-243 [MM]
Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2004 pp.102-103 [JTH]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.79 abril 2005 p.83 [MCP]
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Conductor Walter Herbert - 1953(LC)
Orchestra - New Orleans Opera
Chorus - New Orleans Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Norman Treigle
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Leonard Warren
Don Alvaro - Mario Del Monaco
Preziosilla - Claramae Turner
Fra Melitone - Gerhard Pechner
Curra - Rosemary Rotolo
Padre Guardiano - William Wilderman
Un Chirurgo - Donald Bernard
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Recordings UORC 222 {3LPS} (1974)ª
Compact Disc; - *Legato Classics LCD-118-2 {2CDS}; Bongiovanni GB 1177/8-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66303 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Encore CD 121-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª; Video Artists International VAI 1252-3 {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.12 No.2 November/December 1988 pp.303-304 [JM]
Orpheus - Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.78 [IW] (see below)
Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.157-159 [MA2]
American Record Guide - May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.242 [KM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.64 octubre 2003 p.85 [AG]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.180 febbraio 2004 pp.100-101 [GL]
Comments:- *A recording of a performance in New Orleans. The overture is played between Acts 1 and 2; the first scene (at Hornachuelos) of the latter is omitted. However, Scene 6 of Act 3 with the «Sleale» duet is included and this is followed by «Al suon del tamburro» from Act 2 Scene 1. This recording is sometimes stated as being of a performance given by the MET on tour in New Orleans, but this appears to be incorrect as it is not listed in the MET Annals, although both Milanov and Del Monaco were singing in La forza del destino at the MET about this time. Also, neither William Herbert nor Norman Treigle is listed in the Annals as being on the MET roster in the 1952-53 and 1953-54 seasons. According to «Mario Del Monaco - Monumentum aere perennius» p.829 Del Monaco sang in La forza del destino in New Orleans on 12 and 14 March 1953 and according to VAI's website (click link below) Acts 1 and 2 of the recording that they issued are of the performance on 14 March and Act 3 is of the performance on 12 March. The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Aldo Protti
Don Alvaro - Mario Del Monaco
Preziosilla - Fedora Barbieri
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Angela Vercelli
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma
Un Chirurgo - Walter Finessi
Un Alcalde - Giorgio Giorgetti
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 4/3 {3LPS} Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 62 {3LPS} Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 1001 (+Medea +Ernani +La Dame de Pique + concert) {14LPS}; Vox Turnabout THS 65117/9 {3LPS} Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 125 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette; - House of Opera CAS 485 (2000)ª
Compact Disc; - foyer 3-CF-2005 {3CDS}; House of Opera #485 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0126 {3CDS} (2003)ª; Celestial Audio CA 233 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2004)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.227-232 [DH]
Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.53 [SS]
Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.63 septiembre 2003 pp.86-87 [JS]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (14 June 1953). See OPERA September 1953 p.551. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in June 2004.
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Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1954(LE)
Orchestra - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro
Chorus - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Paolo Silveri
Don Alvaro - Gino Penno
Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato
Fra Melitone - Guilhermo Damiano
Padre Guardiano - Giulio Neri
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1215
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance in the Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro (2 September 1954). The partial cast listed above is that given in «Tebaldi - The Voice of an Angel» p.226. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The performance is attributed here incorrectly to Teatro Colón. The source is stated to be «Good to Very Good private acetates».
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Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Antonio Manca-Serra
Don Alvaro - Gino Penno
Preziosilla - Miriam Pirazzini
Fra Melitone - Saturno Meletti
Padre Guardiano - Giulio Neri
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 845-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Opera Depot OD 10241-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli. See OPERA April 1954 p.233
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Luben Vichey
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Leonard Warren
Don Alvaro - Gino Penno
Preziosilla - Jean Madeira
Fra Melitone - Gerhard Pechner
Curra - Thelma Votipka
Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines
Mastro Trabuco - Paul Franke
Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 294
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (20 March 1954). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1954(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Plinio Clabassi
Leonora di Vargas - Maria Callas
Don Carlo - Carlo Tagliabue
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Preziosilla - Elena Nicolai
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Rina Cavallari
Padre Guardiano - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Mastro Trabuco - Gino Del Signore
Un Chirurgo - Dario Caselli
Un Alcalde - Dario Caselli
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1258-1260 {3LPS} (1955)ª; *EMI SLS 5120 (ASD 3609-3611) {3LPS} (1978)ª; EMI EX 290921-29092-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3531-C {3LPS} (1955)ª; Angel 35199/201 {3LPS}; Seraphim 6088; Columbia 33QCX 10122/24 {3LPS} (Italy)
Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5120 (1978)ª;; EMI EX 290921-5 (1987)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47581-8 {3CDS} (1987)ª;; EMI 5 56323-2 {3CDS} (1997)ª; Membran 222392 {3CDS} (2006)ª; EMI Classics «Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings» {70CDS} (2007)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111322-24 (+excerpts cond.Cellini, Perlea) {3CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1955 p.26 [PHW]; August 1955 p.119 (letter); September 1955 p.126 [DST]; September 1978 p.549 [JBS]; November 1978 p.970 [IM]; October 1987 p. [RO]
Opera - September 1955 p.592
Fanfare - August Vol.38 No.6 July/August 2008 pp.296-297 [HF]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.227-232 [DH]
Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.94
American Record Guide - April 1955 Vol.21 No.8 p.252: May/June 2008 Vol.71 No.3 pp.281-282 [CHP]
E.M.G. Monthly Letter - July 1955 p.13
The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.80 (2) p.82 (3) p.79
Gramophone Record Review - June 1955 p.447
Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57
Comments:- *The «soup scene» was omitted from the original release and is not included in the CDs issued by Naxos.
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Conductor John Pritchard - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Il Marchese di Calatrava - David Kelly
Leonora di Vargas - Sena Jurinac
Don Carlo - Marko Rothmüller
Don Alvaro - David Poleri
Preziosilla - Marina de Gabarain
Fra Melitone - Ian Wallace
Curra - Monica Sinclair
Padre Guardiano - Hervey Alan
Mastro Trabuco - John Carolan
Un Chirurgo - Niven Miller
Un Alcalde - James Atkins
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01914
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1272
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in The King's Theatre, Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Festival. This is probably of the performance on 3 September 1955 which was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. See Radio Times Issue dated August 28 - September 3 1955 p.49.
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Conductor Antonino Votto - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Aldo Protti
Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano
Preziosilla - Martha Pérez
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Giuse Gerbino
Padre Guardiano - Giuseppe Modesti
Mastro Trabuco - Giuseppe Zampieri
Un Chirurgo - Eraldo Coda
Un Alcalde - Antonio Zerbini
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Black Disc - CLS «Unforgettable Performances» MD-TP 01/019/020 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Andromeda ANDRCD 5068 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Juni 1979 S.145 [IB2]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at La Scala (26 April 1955). A recording is listed in the online catalogue of The Omega Opera Archive (572) which appears to be of this performance, but which is attributed to «RAI 1954».
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1955(STU)
Orchestra - Santa Cecilia
Chorus - Santa Cecilia
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini
Don Alvaro - Mario Del Monaco
Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Gabriella Carturan
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma
Un Chirurgo - Eraldo Coda
Un Alcalde - Ezio Giordano
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5131-5134 {3LPS} (1955)ª; Decca SXL 2069-2072 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 597-599 {3LPS} (1970)ª; London XLLA 37 {4LPS} (1956)ª; London OSA 1405 {4LPS} (1959)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 421 598-2 {3CDS} (1989)ª; Decca «Originals» 475 8681 {3CDS} (2007)ª
Open Reel Tape; - London LOV 90009 (4-track 7½ips) (1961)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1955 pp.282-283 [PHW]; April 1956 p.410 [DST]; September 1959 p.134 [PHW]; October 1970 pp.665-666 [EG]; January 1989 p.1210 [RO]
Opera - March 1956 p.175; November 1959 p.750
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.4 March/April 2008 pp.272-273 [JM]
E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1955 p.20
Gramophone Record Review - January 1956 p.154 [DH]: July 1959 p.648 [DH]
American Record Guide - March 1956 Vol.22 No.7 p.107 [PHR]: March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.203-204 [MM]
High Fidelity Magazine - March 1959 Vol.9 No.3 p.71 [DJ]: March 1961 Vol.11 No.3 p.92 (open reel tape) [RDD]
Records and Recordings - August 1959 p.17 [FGB]
Comments:- Recorded in July 1955.
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Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Paolo Washington
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Giangiacomo Guelfi
Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano
Preziosilla - Fedora Barbieri
Fra Melitone - Melchiorre Luise
Curra - Luciana Boni
Padre Guardiano - Giulio Neri
Mastro Trabuco - Sergio Tedesco
Un Chirurgo - Mario Frosini
Un Alcalde - Giorgio Giorgetti
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Black Disc; - *Paragon DSV 52005 {3LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 3103 {3CDS} ;; Myto 3 CD 062 H114 (+higlights - cond.Mitropoulos - 1953) {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.30 No.1 September/October 2006 pp.265-266 [JM]
American Record Guide - July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 p.214 [MM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.91 junio 2006 p.86 [PN]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Communale, Florence (8 June 1956; see OPERA August 1956 p.475)
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Richard Tucker
Don Alvaro - Leonard Warren
Preziosilla - Rosalind Elias
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Thelma Votipka
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
Mastro Trabuco - Alessio De Paolis
Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky
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Black Disc - Movimento Musica 03.828 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 943.106 {2CDS} (1994)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.157-159 [WA2]
Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.58
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (17 March 1956). A recording of «La forza del destino» is listed on the on-line catalogue of «The Opera Lovers» with the same date as this recording (17.03.56) with the conductor given as Mitropoulos. This seems to be an error as the «MET Annals» gives Stiedry. Mitropoulos never conducted «La forza del destino» at the MET.
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Conductor Arturo Basile - 1956?(SE)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Don Carlo - Giangiacomo Guelfi
Don Alvaro - Franco Corelli
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Black Disc - Cetra LPC 55017 {1LP}
Compact Disc; - Myto 1 MCD 953.132 (+Carmen - Basile - excerpts) {1CD} (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- This is a recording of many of Carlo's and Alvaro's solos and duets. The year of this recording is usually given as 1956 or 1957; i.e. before Corelli's debut in the role of Alvaro at Naples in March 1958.
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Conductor Antonino Votto - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Franco Calabrese
Leonora di Vargas - Leyla Gencer
Don Carlo - Aldo Protti
Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano
Preziosilla - Gabriella Carturan
Fra Melitone - Enrico Campi
Curra - Stefania Malagù
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
Mastro Trabuco - Franco Ricciardi
Un Chirurgo - Franco Piva
Un Alcalde - Alfredo Giacomotti
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Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 37010 {3CDS}; Frequenz 043-015 {3CDS} Pantheon 6627-6629 {3CDS}; Phoenix PX 510.3 Myto 3MCD 001215 (+Anna Bolena - highlights){3CDS} (2000)ª; Living Stage LS 40351317 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera CDNO 789-3 {3CDRS} (2002)ª; Urania URN 22315 {3CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.12 No.4 March/April 1989 p.320 [JM]; Vol.24 No.1 September/October 2000 p.300 [GJ]; Vol.30 No.6 July/August 2007 pp.252-254 [JM]
Orpheus - März 1997 S.59 (mention)
American Record Guide - November/December 2000 Vol.63 No.6 p.311 [LM]
Répertoire - No.85 novembre 1995 p.80
Musica (Milano) - No.99 Anno 20 Agosto-Settembre 1996 p.144
Classical Express - Issue No.121 p.4 [MT]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Cologne during a tour by La Scala (5 July 1957)
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Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1957(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Antonio Massaria
Leonora di Vargas - Anita Cerquetti
Don Carlo - Aldo Protti
Don Alvaro - Pier Miranda Ferraro
Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Vera Presti
Padre Guardiano - Boris Christoff
Mastro Trabuco - Adelio Zagonora
Un Chirurgo - Renzo Gonzales
Un Alcalde - Eraldo Coda
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Black Disc - Replica ARPL 32499 {3CDS}; Sonata 9056 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - *CBS/Sony 1047-9 {3CDS}; Bongiovanni GAO 174-176 {3CDS} (1995)ª; Myto 3MCD 992 203 {3CDS} (1999)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. 1865-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.19 No.1 September/October 1995 p.346; Vol.23 No.1 September/October 1999 p.374 [JM]
Orpheus - Mai 1995 S.62; Juli 1999 S.60 [GH]
Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.51 [SS]; novembre 1996 No.207 p.57
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.84 enero 1996 p.61
American Record Guide - July/August 1995 Vol.58 No.4 p.215
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.105 noviembre 2007 p.93 [JS]
Comments:- Recording of a peformance broadcast on September 29 1957
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Jorge (Giorgio) Algorta
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini
Don Alvaro - Franco Corelli
Preziosilla - Oralia Domínguez
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Anna Di Stasio
Padre Guardiano - Boris Christoff
Mastro Trabuco - Mariano Caruso
Un Chirurgo - Gianni Bardi
Un Alcalde - Giuseppe Forgione
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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 206 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - Melodram IMS 370102 {3CDS} Bongiovanni «Golden Age of Opera» 151/52/53 {3CDS} Hardy Classic HCA 6014 {3CDS}
DVD (Video) - Hardy Classic Video HCD 4002 (2001)ª
VHS Video Cassette - *Legato Classics LCV 001(NTSC); Hardy Classic Video HCV 1001(PAL); Bel Canto Society #666 (NTSC & PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 2002 p.103 (DVD) [AB]
Opera - February 1997 p.159
Opera Now - May/June 1997 p.89
Opera News - April 16 1994 p.42; October 1994 p.50
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.6 July/August 2002 p.207 (DVD) [CW]; Vol.26 No.1 September/ October 2002 p.286 (correction) [CW]
Orpheus - Juni 1993 S.60; November 2002 S.95 (DVD) [GH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol 19 No.2 Spring 2003 pp.290-293 (DVD) [RP]
Opéra International - juin 1995 No.192 p.61; novembre 1995 No.196 p.57; No.264 janvier 2002 pp.62-63 (DVD) [SS]
Diapason - No.501 mars 2003 p.112 (DVD) [MP]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.164 p.170; No.175 p.124 (video)
American Record Guide - Vol.56 No.5 September-October 1993 p.213: September/ October 2001 Vol.64 No.5 p.302 (audio) [RVL]: March/April 2002 Vol.65 No.2 p.247 (DVD) [RVL]
Classical Express - No.78 September 1996 p.7
International Opera Collector - Spring 1997 No.3 p.99: Autumn 1997 No.5 p.99 [TP]
The Perfect Vision - May/June 1999 Issue 24 p.80 (video) [GS]
BBC Music Magazine - December 2002 p.102 (DVD) [CC]
Musica (Milano) - No.95 Anno 20 dicembre 1995-gennaio 1996 p.124
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.22 diciembre 1996 - febrero 1997 p.87
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.122 [GL]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at Teatro di San Carlo (15 March 1958)
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Conductor Antonio Narducci - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes
Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Alberto Errera
Leonora di Vargas - Anita Cerquetti
Don Carlo - Cornell MacNeil
Don Alvaro - Flaviano Labò
Preziosilla - Aurora Woodrow
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Luciana Boni
Padre Guardiano - Nicola Zaccaria
Mastro Trabuco - Sergio de los Santos
Un Chirurgo - Mario Frosini
Un Alcalde - José Sosa
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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 370-3 {3LPS}
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 p.221 [CGP]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Mario Sereni
Don Alvaro - Flaviano Labò
Preziosilla - Margaret Roggero
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Thelma Votipka
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
Mastro Trabuco - Paul Franke
Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 906
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (25 January 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1958(STU)
Orchestra - Santa Cecilia
Chorus - Santa Cecilia
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Paolo Washington
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Leonard Warren
Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano
Preziosilla - Rosalind Elias
Fra Melitone - Dino Mantovani
Curra - Luisa Gioia
Padre Guardiano - Giorgio Tozzi
Mastro Trabuco - Angelo Mercuriali
Un Chirurgo - Sergio Liviabella
Un Alcalde - Virgilio Carbonari
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6406 {4LPS} (USA) (1959)ª; RCA LSC 6406 {4LPS} (USA) (1959)ª; RCA RE 25016-25019 {4LPS} (UK) (1959)ª;; RCA SER 4516-4519 {4LPS} (UK) (1960)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 660-2 {3LPS} (1975)ª; London OSA 13122 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - Decca(London) 443 678-2
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1959 p.118; December 1960 pp.347-348 [PHW]; January 1961 p.379 [DST]; May 1975 p.2019 [AB]
Fanfare - Vol.1 No.5 May/June 1978 p.70 [KH]
Orpheus - Februar 1997 S.56
Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.157-159 [WA2]
Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.57
Diapason - No.427 juin 196 p.131
High Fidelity Magazine - September 1959 Vol.9 No.9 pp.82-83 [RD]
American Record Guide - October 1959 Vol.26 No.2 p.125 [PLM]: November/December 1996 Vol.59 No.6 p.227
Gramophone Record Review - December 1960 p.101 [DH]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.88 mayo 1996 p.94
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.21 septiembre-noviembre 1996 p.68
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Ludwig Welter
Leonora di Vargas - Antonietta Stella
Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini
Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano
Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato
Fra Melitone - Karl Dönch
Curra - Annemarie Ludwig
Padre Guardiano - Walter Kreppel
Mastro Trabuco - Hugo Meyer-Welfing
Un Chirurgo - Franz Bierbach
Un Alcalde - Harald Pröglhoff
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Black Disc; - Morgan 6002 {3LPs}; Melodram MEL 023 {3LPS} (1981)ª
Compact Disc; - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21022 {2CDS} ; Gala GLH 819 (highlights) {1CD} (1998)ª; *Myto 2MCD 004 228 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Orfeo C 681 0621 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 2007 pp.90-91 [AB]
Fanfare - Vol.24 No.4 March/April 2001 pp.259-261 [JM]; Vol.30 No.6 July/August 2007 pp.252-254 [JM]
Orpheus - Februar 1999 S.53 (highlights) [IW]; März 2001 S.60 [GH]; 7+8 Juli- August 2007 S.59-S.60 [IW]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.4 Autumn 2001 pp.767-769 [RP]
International Record Review - January 2007 p.82 [MT]
American Record Guide - July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 p.184 [MM]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - febrero 2001 No.140 p.46, p.48 [AV]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.44 marzo-abril 2001 p.92 [PN]: No.98 marzo 2007 p.95 [JR]
Classica Répertoire - No.90 mars 2007 p.100 [AT]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (23 September 1960; see OPERA November 1960 pp.760-761). The overture is played between Acts 1 and 2
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Mario Verazzi
Leonora di Vargas - Gré Brouwenstijn
Don Carlo - Aldo Protti
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Preziosilla - Mignon Dunn
Fra Melitone - Giulio Viamonte
Curra - Ruzena Horakova
Padre Guardiano - Norman Scott
Mastro Trabuco - Virgilio Tavini
Un Chirurgo - Guerrino Boschetti
Un Alcalde - Victor Bacciato
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 921-3 {3CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. The CDs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Compact Disc Releases from Premiere Opera» dated February/March 2003.
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Richard Tucker
Don Alvaro - Mario Sereni
Preziosilla - Mignon Dunn
Fra Melitone - Salvatore Baccaloni
Curra - Carlotta Ordassy
Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines
Mastro Trabuco - Alessio De Paolis
Un Chirurgo - Roald Reitan
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Compact Disc - Omega Opeora Archive 225 (& 351)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (12 March 1960). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1960?(RA)
Orchestra - Orchester des Westdeutschen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Westdeutschen Rundfunks
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Gerhard Gröschel
Leonora di Vargas - Gerda Scheyrer
Don Carlo - Marcel Cordes
Don Alvaro - Jess Thomas
Preziosilla - Sonja Draksler
Fra Melitone - Fritz Ollendorf
Padre Guardiano - Josef Greindl
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Compact Disc; - Hamburger Archiv für Gesangkunst 30050 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a broadcast performance of the German version «Die Macht des Scicksals». The CDs issued by the Hamburger Archiv für Gesangkunst are listed in their on-line catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the year of the performance recorded is given as 1956, but this seems unlikely as Jess Thomas did not make his stage debut unti 1957 (in San Francisco).
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Juan Zanin
Leonora di Vargas - Floriana Cavalli
Don Carlo - Giuseppe Taddei
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Preziosilla - Oralia Domínguez
Fra Melitone - Giulio Viamonte
Curra - Carmen Burello
Padre Guardiano - Plinio Clabassi
Mastro Trabuco - Virgilio Tavini
Un Chirurgo - Guerrino Boschetti
Un Alcalde - José Crea
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Compact Disc; - *Myto 2 MCD 975 174 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 767-2 {2CDRS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Februar 1998 S.62 [GH]
Classical Express - Issue 95 February 1998 p.4 [RB]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (4 August 1961; seeOPERA November 1961 p.709). The overture is omitted
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Conductor George Schick - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Leonora di Vargas - Eileen Farrell
Don Carlo - Robert Merrill
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Preziosilla - Helen Vanni
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Carlotta Ordassy
Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines
Mastro Trabuco - Alessio De Paolis
Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1779 (& 1741 & 1544 & 1506) ;; House of Opera CDNY 5067 (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (30 December 1961). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to HOO's website on April 9 2008.
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Conductor Ottavio Ziino - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Parma
Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma
Leonora di Vargas - Marcella De Osma
Don Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli
Don Alvaro - Flaviano Labò
Preziosilla - Fiorenza Cossotto
Fra Melitone - Guido Mazzini
Padre Guardiano - Ivo Vinco
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Compact Disc; - Edizione del Cenetenario del Teatro Magnani di Fidenza con il; Patrocinio del Comunale di Fidenza {2CDS};; Living Stage LS 1061 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - März + April 2007 S.56 [GH]
Classic Record Collector - Winter 2006 p.105 [JTH]
Comments:- Recording of a performance given at Fidenza (26 October 1961)
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Conductor Alberto Erede - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - Nederlandische Opera
Chorus - Nederlandische Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Peter van der Bilt
Leonora di Vargas - Gré Brouwenstijn
Don Carlo - John Shaw
Don Alvaro - Jan Peerce
Preziosilla - Rena Garazioti
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Conchita Gaston
Padre Guardiano - Gyorgy Littasy
Mastro Trabuco - Wim Koopman
Un Chirurgo - Henk Smit
Un Alcalde - Jos Borelli
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Compact Disc; - Osteria OS 1002 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.4 March/April 2008 pp.271-272 [JM]
American Record Guide - January/February 2008 Vol.71 No.1 p.225 [MM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.62 julio-agosto 2003 pp.84-85 [JR]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Den Haag (5 July 1962)
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Forbes Robinson
Leonora di Vargas - Floriana Cavalli
Don Carlo - John Shaw
Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi
Preziosilla - Josephine Veasey
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Noreen Berry
Padre Guardiano - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Mastro Trabuco - John Dobson
Un Chirurgo - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies
Un Alcalde - David Kelly
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01922
Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 003 224 (+Il trovatore - highlights) {2CDS} (2000)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1325 (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.24 No.3 January/February 2001 p.284 [JM]
Orpheus - Oktober 2000 S.57 [GH]
American Record Guide - November/December 2000 Vol.63 No.6 p.246 [LM]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - noviembre 2000 No.137 p.46 [AV]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.97 [JV]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (1 October 1962). The performance on 28 September 1962 is reviewed in OPERA November 1962 pp.758-761)
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Conductor Hans Löwlein - 1962(SE)
Orchestra - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Chorus - RIAS Kammerchor
Leonora di Vargas - Stefania Woytowicz
Don Carlo - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Don Alvaro - Jess Thomas
Preziosilla - Cvetka Ahlin
Padre Guardiano - Georg Stern
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Black Disc - *DG 2535 428 {1LP}
Compact Cassette - DG 3335 428
Compact Disc - DG 447 813-2 {1CD}
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Oktober 1995 p.58
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Conductor Renato Cellini - 1963(LE)
Orchestra - New Orleans Opera
Chorus - New Orleans Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Ara Berberian
Leonora di Vargas - Eileen Farrell
Don Carlo - Dino Dondi
Don Alvaro - Richard Cassilly
Fra Melitone - Raymond Michalski
Curra - Lydia Neumann
Padre Guardiano - Nicola Moscona
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Compact Disc; - VAI Audio 1260 (+La Gioconda - excerpts - Guadagno - 1967 {1CD} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Diapason - No.551 S octobre 2007 p.140 [MP]
American Record Guide - May/June 2007 Vol.70 No.3 p.210 [MM]
Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance in the New Orleans Opera House (16 November 1963). The following excerpts appear on the CD issued by VAI: Act 1: Buona notte mia figlia; Temea restass qui...Ah!, pellegrina ed orfana; M'aiuti signorina...Ah per sempre. Act 2 Scene 2: Son giunta...Madre, pietosa Vergine; Chi siete?; Chi mi cerca?; Se voi scacciate; E fermo il voto?; Il santo nome di Dio Signore; la vergine degli angeli. Act 4 Scene 2: Pace, pace, mio Dio; Io muoio Confessione!; Non imprecare.
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Parma
Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Alfonso Marchica
Leonora di Vargas - Mirella Parutto (-Boyer)
Don Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli
Don Alvaro - Flaviano Labò
Preziosilla - Anna Maria Rota
Fra Melitone - Guido Mazzini
Curra - Luciana Boni
Padre Guardiano - Paolo Washington
Mastro Trabuco - Mario Carlin
Un Chirurgo - Giovanni Pezzini
Un Alcalde - Gino Calò
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4144
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Regio di Parma (10 January 1963). The cast listed above is that given in «Teatro Regio di Città di Parma - Cronologia degli Spettacoli Lirici 1929/1979».
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Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Rene Miville
Leonora di Vargas - Caterina Mancini
Don Carlo - Cesare Bardelli
Don Alvaro - Bruno Prevedi
Preziosilla - Nancy Williams
Fra Melitone - Salvatore Baccaloni
Curra - Norma Dean
Padre Guardiano - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Mastro Trabuco - Salvatore Baccaloni
Un Chirurgo - Walter Knetlar
Un Alcalde - Rene Miville
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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 231-2 {2CDRS}
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (April 1963). The cast listed above is as given in Frank Hamilton's «Partial Performance Chronology 1975-2000»:-
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica
Leonora di Vargas - Leyla Gencer
Don Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli
Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi
Preziosilla - Adriana Lazzarini
Fra Melitone - Michele Cazzato (Casato)
Curra - Anna Lia Bazzani
Padre Guardiano - Carlo Cava
Mastro Trabuco - Renato Ercolani
Un Chirurgo - Armando Manelli
Un Alcalde - Franco Bordoni
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Black Disc - Great Opera Performances G.F.C. 013-015 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - *House of Opera «The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi - Vol.2 His Later;; Works» {1xCD-ROM} (2002)ª; House of Opera CDBB 689 (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Bologna (9 February 1964). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»
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Conductor Nello Santi - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Leonora di Vargas - Raina Kabaivanska
Don Carlo - Nicolae Herlea
Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi
Preziosilla - Joann Grillo
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Carlotta Ordassy
Padre Guardiano - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Mastro Trabuco - Andrea Velis
Un Chirurgo - Robert Goodloe
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1596 (& 1363)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (21 December 1964). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The recording is stated to be from a «VG in-house tape».
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1964(STU)
Orchestra - RCA Italiana Orchestra
Chorus - RCA Italiana Chorus
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Giovanni Foiani
Leonora di Vargas - Leontyne Price
Don Carlo - Robert Merrill
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Preziosilla - Shirley Verrett
Fra Melitone - Ezio Flagello
Curra - Corinna Vozza
Padre Guardiano - Giorgio Tozzi
Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma
Un Chirurgo - Mario Rinaudo
Un Alcalde - Rolf Bottcher
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6413 {4LPS} (USA) (1965)ª; RCA Victor LSC 6413 {4LPS} (USA) (1965)ª; RCA Victor RE 5527-5530 {4LPS} (UK) (1965)ª; RCA Victor SER 5527-5530 {4LPS} (UK) (1965)ª; RCA Victor VLS 45143 (Italy)
Compact Cassette - RCA Victor VK45143
Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 87971 {3CDS} (1988)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1965 p.210; January 1966 p.334; December 1988 p. [RO]
Opera - January 1966 p.44 [HDR]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.227-232 [DH]
American Record Guide - May 1965 Vol.31 No.9 pp.798-799, p.945 [PLM]
High Fidelity Magazine - June 1965 Vol.15 No.6 p.74 [CLO]
Audio & Record Review - October 1965 p.17 [CW]
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Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Plinio Clabassi
Leonora di Vargas - Ilva Ligabue
Don Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli
Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi
Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Padre Guardiano - Nicolai Ghiaurov
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1466
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1965). According to the review in OPERA (February 1966 p.147) there were several demonstrations during this performance. The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Joseph Fair
Leonora di Vargas - Eileen Farrell
Don Carlo - Anselmo Colzani
Don Alvaro - Franco Corelli
Preziosilla - Joann Grillo
Fra Melitone - Gerhard Pechner
Curra - Ruth Carron
Padre Guardiano - Ezio Flagello
Mastro Trabuco - Robert Schmorr
Un Chirurgo - Walter Knetlar
Un Alcalde - Louis Pichardo
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Black Disc - Legendary Recordings LR 170-3 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 826-2 {2CDS}; Myto 2MCD 024 268 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Heft 3+4 März+April 2003 S.82 (mention) [GH]
Opéra International - June 1993 p.83; No.292 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.83 [CC]
Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Lyric Opera in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia - 14 April 1965 see OPERA July 1965 p.498
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Conductor Nello Santi - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Leonora di Vargas - Gabriella Tucci
Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini
Don Alvaro - Franco Corelli
Preziosilla - Joann Grillo
Fra Melitone - Elfego Esparza
Curra - Carlotta Ordassy
Padre Guardiano - Giorgio Tozzi
Mastro Trabuco - Andrea Velis
Un Chirurgo - Robert Goodloe
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Black Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 14 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 706 {2CDS}; Gala GL 100 725 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Myto 2 MCD 033 283 {2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Heft 9+10 September+Oktober 2003 S.78 [GH]; Heft 11+12 November+Dezember 2003 S.63 [GH]
Opéra International - No.285 décembre 2003 pp.67-68 (mention) [SS]
Le Monde de la Musique - No.280 octobre 2003 p.73 [GG]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.68 marzo 2004 p.88 [JV]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (6 February 1965). This performance was broadcast. This opera was not performed at the MET on 26 February 1965, a date that is sometimes given for this recording.
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Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1965(SE)
Orchestra - Staatskapelle Dresden
Chorus - Staatsoper Dresden
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Siegfried Vogel
Leonora di Vargas - Grace Bumbry
Don Carlo - Hermann Prey
Don Alvaro - Nicolai Gedda
Preziosilla - Helga Dernesch
Padre Guardiano - Gottlob Frick
Un Chirurgo - Fred Teschler
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Black Disc - Columbia SMC 80966 {1LP}; *EMI C 063-28 168 {1LP}
Compact Disc - Berlin Classics 0020252BC {1CD}
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.408
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Conductor Wilhelm Schüchter - 1965(SE)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Leonora di Vargas - Hildegard Hillebrecht
Don Carlo - Thomas Tipton
Don Alvaro - Rudolf Schock
Preziosilla - Brigitte Fassbaender
Fra Melitone - Manfred Röhrl
Padre Guardiano - Gottlob Frick
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Black Disc; - Eurodisc 74 445 KR {1LP} (1966)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fono Forum - September 1966 S.455 (mention)
Comments:- Wolfgang Schmolke also takes part in these excerpts
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Conductor Pasquale de Angelis - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Alessandro Maddalena
Leonora di Vargas - Elena Souliotis
Don Carlo - Mario Sereni
Don Alvaro - Carlo Menippo
Preziosilla - Franca Mattiucci
Fra Melitone - Alfredo Mariotti
Curra - Angela Rocco
Padre Guardiano - Ivo Vinco
Mastro Trabuco - Mario Guggia
Un Alcalde - Augusto Frati
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Compact Disc; - Hardy Classic HCA 6005-2 {3CDS + 1VHS) (1998)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Hardy Classic Video HCA 6005-2 {3CDS + 1VHS} (highlights) (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - April 1999 S.61 [MB]
Opéra International - juin 1999 No.236 p.63 [SS]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.126 febbraio 1999 p.81 [GL]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo (6 March 1966). The cast listed above is that given in «E colpa amore? - Infelicita e prodigi di Elena Souliotis» by Jacopo Serafini p.273. According to this source «La RAI registrò la recita del 6 marzo 1966, che fu trasmmessa (sul 2ø canale della Televisione) il 18 febbaio 1967 alle ore 21.15.». The performance on 20 February, conducted by Capuana and with Cechele as Alvaro, is reviewed in OPERA May 1966 p.393.
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
Chorus - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Giovanni Antonini
Leonora di Vargas - Elinor Ross
Don Carlo - Silvano Carroli
Don Alvaro - Gastone Limarilli
Preziosilla - Giovanna Vighi
Fra Melitone - Mario Basiola jnr.
Curra - Lino Cerri
Padre Guardiano - Ivo Vinco
Mastro Trabuco - Ottorino Begali
Un Chirurgo - Uberto Scaglione
Un Alcalde - Enzo Dara
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Compact Disc; - Mondo Musica MFOH 10 431 {3CDS} (1999)ª; The Opera Lovers FOR 196602 {3CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 p.383 [JM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.37 enero-febrero 2000 p.96 [JV]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at La Fenice (4 January 1966). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Franco Capuana - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Arena di Verona
Chorus - Arena di Verona
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Giovanni Foiani
Leonora di Vargas - Leyla Gencer
Don Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli
Don Alvaro - Gianfranco Cecchele
Preziosilla - Adriana Lazzarini
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Adalina Grigolato
Padre Guardiano - Ivo Vinco
Mastro Trabuco - Ottorino Begali
Un Chirurgo - Attilio Barbesi
Un Alcalde - Virgilio Carbonari
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 4760
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena (15 July 1967). The cast listed above is that given in the programme book for the 1973 festival p.83.
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Leonora di Vargas - Vladimir Stojanovic
Don Carlo - Robert Merrill
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Preziosilla - Louise Pearl
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Carlotta Ordassy
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
Mastro Trabuco - Robert Schmorr
Un Chirurgo - Robert Goodloe
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3150-2 {2CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *This recording appears to be of the performance at the MET on 11 November 1967. This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» January 2009. Here the recording is attributed to «Philadelphia, 1968».
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Conductor Martin Rich - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Leonora di Vargas - Leontyne Price
Don Carlo - Sherrill Milnes
Don Alvaro - Bruno Prevedi
Preziosilla - Nancy Williams
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Carlotta Ordassy
Padre Guardiano - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Mastro Trabuco - Robert Schmorr
Un Chirurgo - Robert Goodloe
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1315 (& 1076)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (21 October 1967). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The recording is described as «VG in house - clear but distant»
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Leonora di Vargas - Leontyne Price
Don Carlo - Robert Merrill
Don Alvaro - Franco Corelli
Preziosilla - Louise Pearl
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Carlotta Ordassy
Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines
Mastro Trabuco - Robert Schmorr
Un Chirurgo - Robert Goodloe
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Compact Disc - Myto 3 MCD 945.112; Omega Opera Archive 1168
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.60
Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.57
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.164 p.170
Répertoire - No.79 avril 1995 p.78
Comments:- *Recording of performance at the MET (9 March 1968). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor András Kórodi - 1968(SE)
Orchestra - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Hungarian Radio & Television Chorus
Leonora di Vargas - Éva Marton
Don Carlo - Lajos Miller
Don Alvaro - Béla Karizs
Preziosilla - Margit Ercse
Fra Melitone - György Bordás
Padre Guardiano - Kolos Kováts
Un Chirurgo - Péter Kovács
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Black Disc - ~Hungaroton (Qualiton) LPX 11609 {1LP}
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
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Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Ara Berberian
Leonora di Vargas - Nancy Tatum
Don Carlo - Ingvar Wixell
Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi
Preziosilla - Sylvia Anderson
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Sheila Nadler
Padre Guardiano - Giorgio Tozzi
Mastro Trabuco - Howard Fried
Un Chirurgo - Richard J Clark
Un Alcalde - Clifford Grant
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Compact Disc; - Mike Richter AE 201(San Francisco CD ROM) (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the San Francisco Opera (7 November 1969). The performance on 1 November 1969 is briefly reviewed in OPERA January 1970 p.34
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Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1969(STU)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Antonio Zerbini
Leonora di Vargas - Martina Arroyo
Don Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli
Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi
Preziosilla - Biancamaria Casoni
Fra Melitone - Geraint Evans
Curra - Mila Cova
Padre Guardiano - Ruggero Raimondi
Mastro Trabuco - Florindo Andreolli
Un Chirurgo - Derek Hammond-Stroud
Un Alcalde - Virgilio Carbonari
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Black Disc - *EMI SLS 948-4
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 64646 2 {3CDS} (1993)ª; EMI CMS 5 67124-2 {3CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1970 p.1479; July 1970 p.148; June 1993 p.103
Opera - June 1993 p.744
Opera Now - July 1993 p.54
Orpheus - Mai 1993 S.61
Diapason - No.394 June 1993 p.164
Classic CD - June 1993 p.95
American Record Guide - Vol.56 No.5 September-October 1993 p.213
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.37 enero-febrerp 2000 p.96 [TF]
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Conductor Ino Savini - 1969?(STU)
Orchestra - Orchestra Stabile del Viotti
Chorus - Coro
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Gino Calò
Leonora di Vargas - Emma Renzi
Don Carlo - Gianni Maffeo
Don Alvaro - Angelo Mori
Preziosilla - Stella Sylva
Fra Melitone - Orazio Mori
Curra - Mirella Marcossi
Padre Guardiano - Silvano Pagliuca
Mastro Trabuco - Pier Francesco Poli
Un Chirurgo - Nello Carpi
Un Alcalde - Giorgio Federici
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Black Disc; - Fratelli Fabri Editore {4x10in-LPS}; Supraphon 1 12 1221-1223 {3LPS} (1975)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- The LPs issued by Supraphon are listed in «Bibliograficky Katalog CSSR - Ceski Hudebniny a Gramofonové Desky» 1976 sesit 1 p.41
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Conductor Siegfried Völkel - 196?(SE)
Orchestra - Berliner Staatskapelle
Chorus - Berliner Staatsoper
Leonora di Vargas - Hanne-Lore Kuhse
Don Carlo - Dan Jordachescu
Don Alvaro - Martin Ritzmann
Preziosilla - Sigrid Kehl
Fra Melitone - Günther Leib
Padre Guardiano - Theo Adam
Un Chirurgo - Hans-Jürgen Volk
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Black Disc - *Philips 839 570 VGY
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
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Conductor Paolo Peloso - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genova
Chorus - Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genova
Leonora di Vargas - Rita Orlandi Malaspina
Don Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli
Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi
Fra Melitone - Alfredo Mariotti
Curra - Rosemarie De Rive
Padre Guardiano - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Mastro Trabuco - Franco Ricciardi
Un Alcalde - Virgilio Carbonari
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1391-3 {3CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Genova (11 May 1970). The cast listed above is the cast announced in OPERA March 1970 p.228 and may be incorrect. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases Fall 2004».
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Conductor Carol Litvin - 1970(STU)
Orchestra - Orchestra of Rumanian Radio-Television
Chorus - Chorus of Rumanian Radio-Television
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Mihai Panghe
Leonora di Vargas - Maria Slatinaru
Don Carlo - Nicolae Herlea
Don Alvaro - Ludovic Spiess
Preziosilla - Zenaida Pally
Fra Melitone - Constantin Gabor
Curra - Mihaela Marcieanu
Padre Guardiano - Nicolae Florei
Mastro Trabuco - Ion Stoian
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Black Disc - Electrocord STM-ECE 01083-01086
Compact Disc - *Carlton Classics (IMP Classics) 30367 00465 {3CDS}; MCPS SEL 950 410; World of the Opera 5261 {3CDS}
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Juli 1996 S.61
Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.58
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Conductor Ino Savini - 1971(LE)
Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Leonora di Vargas - Montserrat Caballé
Don Carlo - Nicolae Herlea
Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi
Preziosilla - Joyce Blackham
Fra Melitone - Claudio Giombi
Padre Guardiano - Gwynne Howell
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Compact Disc - Arkadia MP 499.1 {1CD}; Arkadia 352 150
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - March 16 1996 p.41 [AI]
Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.268
Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 pp.57-58 (highlights) [SS]
Répertoire - No.86 décembre 1995 p.88
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Teatro Liceo. A performance in which Pedro Lavirgen sung Don Alvaro is reviewed in OPERA, March 1972 p.267
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Conductor Bohumil Gregor - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Hubert Hofmann
Leonora di Vargas - Raina Kabaivanska
Don Carlo - Norman Mittelman
Don Alvaro - Plácido Domingo
Preziosilla - Tatiana Troyanos
Fra Melitone - Heinz Blankenburg
Curra - Maria von Ilosvay
Padre Guardiano - Martti Talvela
Mastro Trabuco - Kurt Marschner
Un Alcalde - Franz Grundheber
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 686 (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2538-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recordings of performances at the Hamburg State Opera on 27 June 1971 (HOO) or 17 June 1971 (Premiere). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22». It is stated «lost 2 last minutes». The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated March 2007.
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1971(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Graziano Del Vivo
Leonora di Vargas - Ilva Ligabue
Don Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli
Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi
Preziosilla - Franca Mattiucci
Fra Melitone - Domenico Trimarchi
Curra - Mirella Fiorentini
Padre Guardiano - Agostino Ferrin
Mastro Trabuco - Florindo Andreolli
Un Chirurgo - Teodoro Rovetta
Un Alcalde - Teodoro Rovetta
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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GB 2545/46/47-2 (+songs - Bergonzi - Cappuccilli) {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - März+April 2005 S.59-S.60 [IW]
American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.216 [KM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.84 octubre 2005 p.90 [PN]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance broadcast on 11 October 1971. According to «50 Anni di Opera Lirica alla RAI 1931-1980» by Giorgio Gualerzi and Carlo Marinelli Roscioni p.200 «Una Voce» is sung by Carla Bucci.
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Victor De Narké
Leonora di Vargas - Martina Arroyo
Don Carlo - Gian-Piero (Giampietro) Mastromei
Don Alvaro - Plácido Domingo
Preziosilla - Adriana Cantelli
Fra Melitone - Renato Cesari
Curra - Elsa Ventura
Padre Guardiano - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Mastro Trabuco - Eugenio Valori
Un Chirurgo - Tulio Gagliardo
Un Alcalde - José Crea
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Compact Disc - Arkadia HP 612.3; Arkadia 362 022; Opera d'Oro OPD 1176
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.5 May/June 1995 p.368
Orpheus - März 1995 S.61
Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.57
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.150
Répertoire - No.83 septembre 1995 p.79
Le Monde de la Musique - No.188 mai 1995 p.80
L'opera (Milano) - Anno X N.93 Gennaio 1996 p.88
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Teatro Colón (25 July 1972)
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Conductor Michelangelo Veltri - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Edmond Karlsrud
Leonora di Vargas - Leontyne Price
Don Carlo - Kostas Paskalis
Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi
Preziosilla - Nedda Casei
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Carlotta Ordassy
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
Mastro Trabuco - Robert Schmorr
Un Chirurgo - Gene Boucher
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Compact Disc - Bensar OL 21272 (BRO 123811) {2CDRS}
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (12 February 1972). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Eliahu Inbal - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Kurt Böhme
Leonora di Vargas - Julia Varady
Don Carlo - William Murray
Don Alvaro - Francisco Lazaro
Preziosilla - Liljana Nejceva
Fra Melitone - Karl Helm
Padre Guardiano - Robert Holl
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Open Reel Tape - mr.tape 1918
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (2 February 1974; see OPERA April 1974 pp.142-143).
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Leonora di Vargas - Orianna Santunione
Don Carlo - Matteo Manuguerra
Don Alvaro - Veriano Luchetti
Preziosilla - Maria Luisa (Bordin) Nave
Fra Melitone - Sesto Bruscantini
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers FOR 197402 {3CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Comunale di Firenze (15 December 1974; see OPERA April 1975 p.377). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Manfred Jungwirth
Leonora di Vargas - Gilda Cruz-Romo
Don Carlo - Kostas Paskalis
Don Alvaro - Franco Bonisolli
Preziosilla - Joy (Joyce) Davidson
Fra Melitone - Sesto Bruscantini
Curra - Axelle Gall
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
Mastro Trabuco - Kurt Equiluz
Un Chirurgo - Georg Tichy
Un Alcalde - Harald Pröglhoff
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01924
Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 043 294 (Lucia di Lammermoor excerpts - Gruberova - Bonisolli) {3CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
American Record Guide - May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.242-243 [MM]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (29 September 1974). This was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 27 October 1974 (see Radio Times Issue dated 26 October - 1 November 1974 p.38).
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Conductor James Levine - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - James Morris
Leonora di Vargas - Lucine Amara
Don Carlo - Cornell MacNeil
Don Alvaro - Jon Vickers
Preziosilla - Joann Grillo
Fra Melitone - Gabriel Bacquier
Curra - Cynthia Munzer
Padre Guardiano - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Mastro Trabuco - Paul Franke
Un Chirurgo - Arthur Thompson
Un Alcalde - Andrij Dobriansky
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers FOR 197501 {3CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (22 March 1975). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - Arena di Verona
Chorus - Arena di Verona
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Giovanni Foiani
Leonora di Vargas - Liljana Molnar-Talajic
Don Carlo - Renato Bruson
Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi
Preziosilla - Maria Luisa (Bordin) Nave
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Padre Guardiano - Bonaldo Giaiotti
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Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven C 827 {3CDS} (2001)ª; House of Opera CD
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena (24 July 1975; see OPERA Festival Issue 1975 pp.109-111). The CDs issued by «Live Opera Heaven» are listed in their «October 2001 update»
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Conductor Ottavio Ziino - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Leonora di Vargas - Ángeles Gulin
Don Carlo - Mario Sereni
Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi
Preziosilla - Giuseppina Dalle Molle
Fra Melitone - Domenico Trimarchi
Padre Guardiano - Mario Rinaudo
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman 01928
Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers FOR 197601 {3CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (2 May 1976). See OPERA August 1976 p.763. The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000
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Conductor James Levine - 1976(STU)
Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - John Alldis Choir
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Kurt Moll
Leonora di Vargas - Leontyne Price
Don Carlo - Sherrill Milnes
Don Alvaro - Plácido Domingo
Preziosilla - Fiorenza Cossotto
Fra Melitone - Gabriel Bacquier
Curra - Gillian Knight
Padre Guardiano - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Mastro Trabuco - Michel Sénéchal
Un Chirurgo - William Elvin
Un Alcalde - Malcolm King
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Black Disc; - *RCA RL 01864 (4) {4LPS} (UK) (1977)ª; RCA ARO 4 1864 {4LPS} (USA)
Compact Disc; - RCA RD 81864 {3CDS} (UK) (1987)ª; RCA RCD3-1864; BMG RCA Victor «Red Seal» 74321 39502-2 {3CDS} (1997)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1977 p.340 [EG]; December 1977 p.1164 [SIR]; January 1978 p.1233 [JBS]; October 1987 p. [RO]
Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.97 [GH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.227-232 [DH]
Diapason - No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.111
BBC Music Magazine - June 1997 p.75 (mention)
American Record Guide - November/December 1998 Vol.61 No.6 p.232 [RVL]
The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.569
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.98 abril 1997 p.40 (mention)
Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.53
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI N.111 settembre 1997 p.95 [GB]
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Conductor Maurizio Arena - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Arena di Verona
Chorus - Arena di Verona
Leonora di Vargas - Liljana Molnar-Talajic
Don Carlo - Renato Bruson
Don Alvaro - Veriano Luchetti
Preziosilla - Franca Mattiucci
Fra Melitone - Walter Monachesi
Padre Guardiano - Bonaldo Giaiotti
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 3929
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena (July 1978; see OPERA Festival Issue 1978 pp.107-108).
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Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Giovanni Foiani
Leonora di Vargas - Montserrat Caballé
Don Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli
Don Alvaro - José Carreras
Preziosilla - Maria Luisa (Bordin) Nave
Fra Melitone - Sesto Bruscantini
Curra - Mila Zanlari
Padre Guardiano - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma
Un Chirurgo - Carlo Meliciani
Un Alcalde - Giuseppe Morresi
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Black Disc - G.F.C. 013/15 {3LPS}; Historical Recording Enterprise HRE V 822-4 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Legato Classics LCD 141-3 {3CDS}; Myto 3 MCD 984.192 {3CDS} ; (1998)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 313-2 {2CDRS}
DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5410 replacing DVD 5055
VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society #623
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.7 No.1 September/October 1983 p.276 [CGP]
Orpheus - Februar 1983 S.187 (audio) [OT]; Dezember 1998 S.57 (audio - mention) [GH]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.178 (audio) [JC-1]
American Record Guide - March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.244 [KM]
Classical Express - Issue No.109 April 1999 p.3 (audio) [NL]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.116 diciembre 1998 p.32 (mention) [AV]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at La Scala (March 1978; see OPERA October 1978 p.974). See also «Opera Fanatic's Catalogue» No.35 p.23. The DVD (5410) issued by Premiere is included in their list of new DVD releases dated 10 September 2005.
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Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - David Cumberland
Leonora di Vargas - Leontyne Price
Don Carlo - Guillermo Sarabia
Don Alvaro - Veriano Luchetti
Preziosilla - Judith Forst
Fra Melitone - Giuseppe Taddei
Curra - Gwendolyn Jones
Padre Guardiano - Martti Talvela
Mastro Trabuco - Francis Egerton
Un Chirurgo - David Koch
Un Alcalde - John Del Carlo
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 5398
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (9 November 1979). This performance was broadcast. The cast listed above is that given in the on-line chronolgy of performances at the San Francisco Opera (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor NOT KNOWN - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Leonora di Vargas - Montserrat Caballé
Don Carlo - Matteo Manuguerra
Don Alvaro - Pedro Lavirgen
Preziosilla - María Coder
Padre Guardiano - Mario Rinaudo
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 688 (2003)ª
DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2141 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (26 January 1979; see «El Gran Teatro del Liceo» by Roger Alier i Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata p.410). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» and the DVD-R issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève
Leonora di Vargas - Martina Arroyo
Don Carlo - Matteo Manuguerra
Don Alvaro - Giuseppe Giacomini
Preziosilla - Maria Luisa (Bordin) Nave
Fra Melitone - Gabriel Bacquier
Padre Guardiano - Bonaldo Giaiotti
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 4761
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Grand Théâtre de Genève (17 May 1979; see OPERA October 1979 p.997).
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Conductor Miguel-Ángel Gomez-Martinis (Gómez Martínez) - 1980(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Peter Wimberger
Leonora di Vargas - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Don Carlo - Yuri Mazurok
Don Alvaro - José Carreras
Preziosilla - Stefania Toczyska
Curra - Margaretha Hintermeier
Padre Guardiano - Kurt Moll
Mastro Trabuco - Kurt Equiluz
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Black Disc; - Legendary Recordings LR 165-3 {3LPS} (1982)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Wiener Staatsoper (4 September 1980). The LPs issued by Legendary Recordings are listed in «The Canfield Guide to Classical Recordings» 5th Edition
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Conductor Richard Armstrong - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - Welsh National Opera
Chorus - Welsh National Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - David Gwynne
Leonora di Vargas - Elizabeth Vaughan
Don Carlo - Norman Phillips
Don Alvaro - Moises Parker
Preziosilla - Claire Powell
Fra Melitone - Nicholas Folwell
Curra - Menai Davies
Padre Guardiano - Don Garrard
Mastro Trabuco - Neville Ackerman
Un Chirurgo - Kenneth Pugh
Un Alcalde - Peter Massocchi
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02409
Compact Disc - Oriel Music Society OMS 037/3 {3CDS}
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in an English translation by Andrew Porter given in the New Theatre, Cardiff (14 November 1981). This was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times Issue dated 14-20 November 1981 p.32)
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Conductor Christoph von Dohnányi - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Fernand Dumont
Leonora di Vargas - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Don Carlo - Ingvar Wixell
Don Alvaro - Veriano Luchetti
Preziosilla - Alexandrina Milcheva(-Nonova)
Fra Melitone - Gabriel Bacquier
Curra - Annick Dutertre
Padre Guardiano - Paul Plishka
Mastro Trabuco - Michel Sénéchal
Un Chirurgo - Jean-Philippe Courtis
Un Alcalde - Jean-Louis Soumagnas
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5400 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (JUne 1981). The cast and conductor listed above are as announced in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL juin 1981 No.40 p.6 and there may be errors. The role of Trabucco? was to be shared between Michel Sénéchal (as listed above) and Christian Jean. The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in their «latest offerings» dated 16 May 2005.
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Conductor John Matheson - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - BBC Concert Ochestra
Chorus - BBC Singers
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Roderick Kennedy
Leonora di Vargas - Martina Arroyo
Don Carlo - Peter Glossop
Don Alvaro - Kenneth Collins
Preziosilla - Janet Coster
Fra Melitone - Derek Hammond-Stroud
Curra - Alison Truefitt
Padre Guardiano - Don Garrard
Mastro Trabuco - Kenneth Bowen
Un Chirurgo - David Fieldsend
Un Alcalde - Philip O'Reilly
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Black Disc - Voce 72 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Exclusive EX-94T80/81 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 920-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Opera Rara ORCV 304 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 2006 p.77 [AB]
Opera - August 2005 pp.1005-1007 [PG]
Opera News - October 1995 p.45
Fanfare - Vol.29 No.1 September/October 2005 pp.310-311 [JK]
Orpheus - Juli+August 2005 S.60 [GH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.2 Summer 1985 pp.121-124 [DWW]; Vol.13 No.3 Spring 1997 p.181
Opéra International - février 1984 No.67 pp.59-60 [SS]
Diapason - No.528 septembre 2005 p.117 [MP]
International Record Review - July/August 2005 pp.90-91 [RP]
American Record Guide - January/February 2006 Vol.69 No.1 pp.211-212 [CHP]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.85 noviembre 2005 p.86 [JMP]
Classica Répertoire - No.76 octobre 2005 p.100 [PT]
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance of the original Petersburg version at a Prom in the Royal Albert Hall (8 August 1981). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 8-14 August 1981 p.18. The role of the Padre Guardino was sung by Don Garrard not by John Tomlinson as originally announced (See OPERA October 1981 p.1081, p.1083, 1085). The Voce LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1984 p.872
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Conductor James Levine - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Richard Vernon
Leonora di Vargas - Leontyne Price
Don Carlo - Leo Nucci
Don Alvaro - Giuseppe Giacomini
Preziosilla - Isola Jones
Fra Melitone - Enrico Fissore
Curra - Diane Kesling
Padre Guardiano - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Mastro Trabuco - Anthony Laciura
Un Chirurgo - John Darrenkamp
Un Alcalde - James Courtney
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Laser Disc - *Pioneer Artists PA-88-227 (NTSC); DG 072 427-1 (PAL)
DVD (Video) - DG 073 4076 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette - DG 072 427-3 (PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1993 p.102; April 2006 p.83 [JBS]
Opera Now - November 1992 p.52
Fanfare - Vol.29 No.5 May/June 2006 p.281 [RT]
Opéra International - avril 1993 p.64
Diapason - No.533 février 2006 p.116 [MP]
BBC Music Magazine - February 1992 p. 49
Répertoire - November 1992 p.120
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.90 mayo 2006 p.79 [PMH]
Comments:- Video Recording of a performance at the MET (24 March 1984)
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Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli - 1985(STU)
Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Il Marchese di Calatrava - John Tomlinson
Leonora di Vargas - Rosalind Plowright
Don Carlo - Renato Bruson
Don Alvaro - José Carreras
Preziosilla - Agnes Baltsa
Fra Melitone - Juan (Joan) Pons
Curra - Jean Rigby
Padre Guardiano - Paata Burchuladze
Mastro Trabuco - Mark Curtis
Un Chirurgo - Petteri Salomaa
Un Alcalde - Richard Van Allan
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Black Disc; - *DG 419 203-1 {3LPS} (1987)ª
Compact Cassette; - DG 419 203-4 (1987)ª
Compact Disc; - DG 419 203-2 {3CDS} (1987)ª; DG 474 903-2 {3CDS} (2004)ª; DG 477 5621 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1997 p. [RO]; February 2006 p.91 [AB]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.227-232 [DH]
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1986(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Giorgio Surjan
Leonora di Vargas - Mirella Freni
Don Carlo - Giorgio Zancanaro
Don Alvaro - Plácido Domingo
Preziosilla - Dolora Zajick
Fra Melitone - Sesto Bruscantini
Curra - (Maria) Francesca Garbi
Padre Guardiano - Paul Plishka
Mastro Trabuco - Ernesto Gavazzi
Un Chirurgo - Frank Hadrian
Un Alcalde - Silvestro Sammaritano
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Black Disc; - *EMI EX 270522-3 {3LPS} (1987)ª; Angel DSC 3995 {3LPS} (1987)ª
Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 270522-5 (1987)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47485-8 {3CDS} (1987)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1987 p.1181 [RO]; May 1987 p. [RO]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.227-232 [DH]
American Record Guide - May/June 1987 Vol.50 No.3 p.63 [RL]
International Record Review - December 2000 pp.130-133 [SP]
Comments:- Recorded 6-15 July 1986
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Conductor Romano Gandolfi - 1987(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra Sinfonica dell Emilia Romagna «Arturo Toscanini»
Chorus - Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Maurizio Di Benedetto
Leonora di Vargas - Josella Ligi
Don Carlo - Giancarlo Pasquetto
Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi
Preziosilla - Helga Müller(-Molinari)
Fra Melitone - Alfredo Mariotti
Curra - Sandra Vanni
Padre Guardiano - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Mastro Trabuco - Andrea Trabucchi
Un Chirurgo - Renzo Magnani
Un Alcalde - Renzo Magnani
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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 662-2 {2CDRS}
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Ravenna (2 August 1987). The cast listed above is as given in «Opera '88 Annuario EDT dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.251.
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Conductor Cal Stewart Kellog - 1989(LI)
Orchestra - Washington Opera
Chorus - Washington Opera
Leonora di Vargas - Susan Dunn
Don Carlo - James Dietsch
Don Alvaro - Antonio Ordoñez
Preziosilla - Alice Baker
Fra Melitone - Peter Strummer
Padre Guardiano - Kevin Langan
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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1646
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Kennedy Center, Washington (9 March 1989).
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Conductor Willie Waters - 1989(LI)
Orchestra - Greater Miami Opera
Chorus - Greater Miami Opera
Leonora di Vargas - Stefka Evstatieva
Don Carlo - Sherrill Milnes
Don Alvaro - Vyscheslav Polozov
Padre Guardiano - Bonaldo Giaiotti
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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1647 (1989)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Dade County Auditorium (18 March 1989). The performance on 13 March 1989 is reviewed in OPERA August 1989 p.942. The compact cassettes issued by Lyric are listed in their list of «Pre-Recorded Operatic Cassettes - New Listings - September April/May 1989».
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Conductor Spiros Argiris - 1992(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Bellini di Catania
Chorus - Teatro Bellini di Catania
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Franco Federici
Leonora di Vargas - Andrea Gruber
Don Carlo - Eduard Tumagian
Don Alvaro - Giuseppe Giacomini
Preziosilla - Ildiko Komlósy
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Piera Puglisi
Padre Guardiano - László Polgár
Mastro Trabuco - Aldo Orsolini
Un Chirurgo - Giuseppe Zecchillo
Un Alcalde - Filippo Militano
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 690 {3CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Bellini di Catania (31 October 1992). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera '93 Annuario EDT dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.32. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003.
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Conductor Daniel Oren - 1992(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Franco Federici
Leonora di Vargas - Ghena Dimitrova
Don Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli
Don Alvaro - Giuseppe Giacomini
Preziosilla - Luciana D' Intino
Fra Melitone - Alfredo Mariotti
Curra - Eva Ruta
Padre Guardiano - Roberto Scandiuzzi
Mastro Trabuco - Angelo Casertano
Un Chirurgo - Nicola Troisi
Un Alcalde - Giuseppe Zecchillo
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5753 (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (January 1992). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera '92 Annuario EDT dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.167. The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «New Releases from Premiere Opera - Tue. 16 May 2006».
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Conductor Michel Plasson - 1996(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Chorus - Choeurs
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Tomas Tomasson
Leonora di Vargas - Michele Crider
Don Carlo - Paolo Coni
Don Alvaro - Gegam Grigorian
Preziosilla - Violeta Urmana
Fra Melitone - Alain Vernhes
Padre Guardiano - Roberto Scandiuzzi
Mastro Trabuco - Valentin Jar
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5385 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Théâtre antique, Orange (3 August 1996). The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «Latest Releases from Premiere Opera - May 2005». Here Grigorian is inluded in the cast listing. I have assumes that he was Don Alvaro, but in the performance on 31 July 1996 this role was sung by Keith Olsen. See OPERA INTERNATIONAL septembre 1996 No.205 p.35.
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Conductor Valery Gergiev - 1996
Orchestra - Kirov Theatre
Chorus - Kirov Theatre
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Askar Abdrazakov
Leonora di Vargas - Galina Gorchakova
Don Carlo - Nikolai Putilin
Don Alvaro - Gegam Grigorian
Preziosilla - Olga Borodina
Fra Melitone - Georgy Zastavny
Curra - Lia Shevtzova
Padre Guardiano - Mikail Kit
Mastro Trabuco - Nikolai Gassiev
Un Chirurgo - Yuri Laptev
Un Alcalde - Gennadi Bezzubenkov
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Compact Disc; - Philips 446 951-2 {3CDS} (1997)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1997 p.102; October 1997 p.56 [JBS]
Opera - May 1997 p.525
Opera Now - September/October 1997 p.114
HiFi News & Record Review - July 1997 p.80
Opera News - July 1997 p.36
Fanfare - Vol.21 No.1 September/October 1997 p.319 [RT]
Orpheus - April 1997 S.54; März 2001 S.64 [MK2]
Opéra International - avril 1997 No.212 p.50
Diapason - No.436 avril 1997 p.114
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.177 p.124
BBC Music Magazine - April 1997 p.70
Classical Express - Issue No.85 April 1997 p.6
International Opera Collector - Spring 1997 No.3 p.88
Classic CD - June 1997 p.77
Stereophile - July 1997 (Vol.20 No.7) p.161
American Record Guide - July/August 1997 Vol.60 No.4 p.193
Le Monde de la Musique - No.209 avril 1997 p.116 [GG]
Opernwelt - 5/Mai 1997 S.58
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.109 - giungo 1997 p.98
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.24 junio-agosto 1997 p.57
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.102 septiembre 1997 p.57 [JPS]
Musica (Milano) - No.104 giugno-settembre 1997 p.94 [EG]
Comments:- A recording of the original (1862) version. See «The Daily Telegraph Arts & Books» Saturday March 15 1997 p.A11
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Conductor Pier Giorgio Morandi - 1998(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Marseille
Chorus - L'Opéra de Marseille
Leonora di Vargas - Ana María Sánchez
Don Carlo - Eduard Tumagian
Don Alvaro - José Cura
Preziosilla - Serena Pasqualini
Fra Melitone - Alfonso Antoniozzi
Curra - Sylvie Althaparro
Padre Guardiano - Kurt Rydl
Mastro Trabuco - Michel Sénéchal
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Compact Cassette; - Legato Classics ALD 4797 (1998)ª
Compact Disc - House of Opera CDWW 1072 {2CDRS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Marseille Opera (17 [House of Opera] or 19 [Legato] May 1998). The performance on 19 May 1998 is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL juillet-aout 1998 No.226 p.34 and there is also a review of an undated performance in L'OPERA N.121 agosto-settembre 1998 p.34. The compact cassettes issue by Legato are listed in «New Audio Cassette Listings (ALD) Winter 1998» and the CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003. The conductor is stated by Legato to be «Severini», but Morandi is given in the reviews in both Opéra International and l'opera.
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Conductor Valery Gergiev - 1998
Orchestra - Kirov Theatre
Chorus - Kirov Theatre
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Grigory Karasev
Leonora di Vargas - Galina Gorchakova
Don Carlo - Nikolai Putilin
Don Alvaro - Gegam Grigorian
Preziosilla - Marianna Tarassova
Fra Melitone - Georgy Zastavny
Curra - Lia Shevtzova
Padre Guardiano - Sergei Alexashkin
Mastro Trabuco - Nikolai Gassiev
Un Chirurgo - Yuri Laptev
Un Alcalde - Evgeny Nikitin
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DVD (Video) - Arthaus 100.078 (2000)ª
VHS Video Cassette - VideoLand Klassik VLRM 023 (PAL); Premiere Opera Ltd. VID 2785 (NTSC)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 2000 p.140 (DVD) [AB]
Opéra International - No.248 juillet-aoüt 2000 p.71 [SS]; No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 pp.68-69 (DVD) [SS]
International Record Review - January 2001 p.129 [MP]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2001 No.139 p.68 [JPS]
Comments:- *A video recording of the original (1862) version. The VHS issued by Premiere is listed in «New Fall 2003 Video Cassette Releases».
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1999(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Eldar Aliev
Leonora di Vargas - Georgina (Gyöngyi) Lukács
Don Carlo - Leo Nucci
Don Alvaro - José Cura
Preziosilla - Luciana D' Intino
Fra Melitone - Alfonso Antoniozzi
Curra - Tiziana Tramonti
Padre Guardiano - Giacomo Prestia
Mastro Trabuco - Ernesto Gavazzi
Un Chirurgo - Silvestro Sammaritano
Un Alcalde - Giuseppe Riva
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Compact Disc - House of Opera CD 386 {3CDS}
DVD (Video) - *House of Opera DVDBB 2670 (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Teatro alla Scala (February 1999; see OPERA June 1999 pp.704-705). The performance on 18 February 1999 is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL avril 1999 No.234 pp.39-42
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Conductor Antonio Pappano - 2004(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Brindley Sherratt
Leonora di Vargas - Violeta Urmana
Don Carlo - Ambrogio Maestri
Don Alvaro - Salvatore Licitra
Preziosilla - Marie-Ange Todorovitch
Fra Melitone - Roberto De Candia
Curra - Liora Grodnikaite
Padre Guardiano - Ferruccio Furlanetto
Mastro Trabuco - Peter Bronder
Un Alcalde - Jonathan May
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1762-4 {4CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (6 November 2004). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3.
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Conductor Fabio Luisi - 2005(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Steven Humes
Leonora di Vargas - Violeta Urmana
Don Carlo - Franco Farina
Don Alvaro - Mark Delavan
Preziosilla - Dagmar Pecková
Fra Melitone - Franz-Josef Kapellmann
Curra - Barbara Heising
Padre Guardiano - Kurt Moll
Mastro Trabuco - Kevin Conners
Un Chirurgo - Christian Rieger
Un Alcalde - Gerhard Auer
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1797-3 {3CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (28 June 2005). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their new releases dated 22 July 2005.
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Conductor Giorgio Paganini - 2005(LI)
Orchestra - Orquesta de la Casa de la Ópera de Buenos Aires
Chorus - Coro de la Casa de la Ópera de Buenos Aires
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Claudio Rotella
Leonora di Vargas - Adelaide Negri
Don Carlo - Leonardo López Linares
Don Alvaro - José Gonzalez Cuevas
Preziosilla - Alicia Cecotti
Fra Melitone - Luciano Miotto
Curra - Vanina Guilledo
Padre Guardiano - Carlos Esquivel
Mastro Trabuco - Gustavo Torella
Un Chirurgo - Esteban Hildebrand
Un Alcalde - Sebastiano de Filippi
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Compact Disc; - New Ornamenti NOM 212-4 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires (29 May 2005). The CDs issued on the New Ornamenti label are listed on the website http://www.Lrmusic.net.
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Conductor Lukas Karitynos - 2006(LC)
Orchestra - Orchestra Filarmonica Veneta «Gian Francesco Malipiero»
Chorus - Teatro Sociale di Rovigo
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Giuseppe Nicodemo
Leonora di Vargas - Susanna Branchini
Don Carlo - Marco di Felice
Don Alvaro - Renzo Zulian
Preziosilla - Tiziana Carraro
Fra Melitone - Paolo Rumetz
Curra - Silvia Balistrieri
Padre Guardiano - Paolo Battaglia
Mastro Trabuco - Antonio Feltraco
Un Chirurgo - Romano Franci
Un Alcalde - Lucca Dall' Amico
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Compact Disc; - Dynamic CDS 512/1-3 {3CDS} (2006)ª
DVD (Video) - Dynamic 33512 (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 2007 p.96 (audio) [AB]
Orpheus - Januar + Februar 2008 S.70 (DVD) [IW]
International Record Review - December 2006 p.79 (audio) [SP]: October 2007 p.76, p.78 (DVD) [RP]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XXI N.214 marzo 2007 p.80 (audio) [MG]
Opéra Magazine - No.18 mai 2007 p.75 (audio) [PC]
Classica Répertoire - No.93 juin 2007 p.84 (audio) [PT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.102 julio-agosto 2007 p.90 (audio) [MCP]: No.106 diciembre 2007 p.86 (DVD) [JV]
Comments:- *Audio and video recordings made at performances in the Teatro Comunale di Modena (January 2006).
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Conductor Zubin Mehta - 2007(LC)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Duccio Dal Monte
Leonora di Vargas - Violeta Urmana
Don Carlo - Carlo Guelfi
Don Alvaro - Marcello Giordani
Preziosilla - Julia Gertseva
Fra Melitone - Bruno De Simone
Curra - Antonella Trevisan
Padre Guardiano - Roberto Scandiuzzi
Mastro Trabuco - Carlo Bosi
Un Chirurgo - Alessandro Luongo
Un Alcalde - Filippo Polinelli
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DVD (Video) - TDK DVWW OPFORZA (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 2009 p.113 [JBS]
International Record Review - March 2009 p.75 [JTH]
Comments:- *Video recording made at performances in the Teatro Comunale di Firenze (November and December 2007).
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Conductor Alain Guingal - 2008(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Chorus - L'Opéra de Monte-Carlo - L'Opéra Royal de Wallonie
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Enzo Capuano
Leonora di Vargas - Robert Destain
Don Carlo - Carlos Almaguer
Don Alvaro - Fabio Armiliato
Preziosilla - Lola Casariego
Fra Melitone - Roberto De Candia
Curra - Karine Ohanyan
Padre Guardiano - Paata Burchuladze
Mastro Trabuco - Guy Gabelle
Un Chirurgo - Roger Joakim
Un Alcalde - Pierre Doyen
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3477-3 {3CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Monte Carlo (25 or 27 January 2008). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases» dated April 2009. See the website:
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Conductor Zubin Mehta - 2008(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Alastair Miles
Leonora di Vargas - Nina Stemme
Don Carlo - Carlos Álvarez
Don Alvaro - Salvatore Licitra
Preziosilla - Nadia Krasteva
Fra Melitone - Tiziano Bracci
Curra - Elisabeta Marin
Padre Guardiano - Alastair Miles
Mastro Trabuco - Michael Roider
Un Chirurgo - Clemens Unterreiner
Un Alcalde - Dan Paul Dumitrescu
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers FOR 200801 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
DVD (Video) - Encore DVDR 3159 (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) at the Vienna State Opera (1 March 2008 - audio). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca and the DVDR issued on the Encore label is listed in the online catalogue of the «berkshire record outlet» (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Kazushi Ono - 2008(LI)
Orchestra - Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
Chorus - Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Alessandro Guerzoni
Leonora di Vargas - Eva-Maria Westbroek
Don Carlo - Vassily Gerelo
Don Alvaro - Zoran Todorovich (Todorovic)
Preziosilla - Marianne Cornetti
Fra Melitone - José van Dam
Curra - Carole Wilson
Padre Guardiano - Alain Colombe
Mastro Trabuco - Alexander Kravets (Krawetz)
Un Chirurgo - Tijl Faveyts
Un Alcalde - Roberto Accurso
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2983 {3CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie (June 2008). The cast listed above is as listed in «Les archives digitales de la Monnaie» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» Fall/Winter 2008-2009.
Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española