Verdi: La Forza del Destino [The Force of Destiny] (Complete Opera recorded in 1954)

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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Forza del Destino [The Force of Destiny] (Complete Opera recorded in 1954)
Maria Callas, Richard Tucker, Carlo Tagliabue / Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin

[ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 3 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Monday 10 November 2014

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Relentlessly pursued by Fate, Leonora in La forza del destino is a haunted heroine whose passions and fears are expressed on a grand scale. Callas's stage experience of Forza was limited to her early career in Italy - in fact, Leonora was her first Verdi role - but, as Lord Harewood, founder of Opera magazine, observed, her recorded assumption exhibited 'an unparalleled musical sensibility and imagination and a grasp of the musico-dramatic picture which is unique'. She took her place in a powerful cast conducted by her mentor Tullio Serafin.

"Callas largely overcame developing vocal problems to give this blazing Leonora, with Tucker at his most ardent and Serafin's sturdy support." BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 *****