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Verdi - La Forza del Destino | Orfeo - Orfeo d'Or C681062

Verdi - La Forza del Destino

£19.27

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Label: Orfeo - Orfeo d'Or

Cat No: C681062

Barcode: 4011790681221

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 27th November 2006

Contents

Artists

Ludwig Welter (Marchese Di Calatrava)
Antonietta Stella (Leonora)
Ettore Bastianini (Don Carlo)
Giuseppe Di Stefano (Alvaro)
Giulietta Simionato (Preziosilla)
Walter Kreppel (Padre Guardiano)
Karl Dönch (Fra Melitone)
Annemarie Ludwig (Curra)
Choir & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Conductor

Dimitri Mitropoulos

Works

Verdi, Giuseppe

La forza del destino

Artists

Ludwig Welter (Marchese Di Calatrava)
Antonietta Stella (Leonora)
Ettore Bastianini (Don Carlo)
Giuseppe Di Stefano (Alvaro)
Giulietta Simionato (Preziosilla)
Walter Kreppel (Padre Guardiano)
Karl Dönch (Fra Melitone)
Annemarie Ludwig (Curra)
Choir & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Conductor

Dimitri Mitropoulos

About

Verdi's operas generally need little help in promoting them, although it is still a good thing if they are lifted above the rut of routine, as happened to Forza in 1960.
 
Only a few weeks before his sudden death, the idiosyncratic Greek maestro, Dimitri Mitropoulos, brings his quintessential blend of analytical rigour and passion to Verdi's drama on the themes of love and violent death. The largely Italian cast, accompanied by playing of the highest standard, include the Leonora of Antonietta Stella, a genuine Verdi soprano who was unjustly underrated in comparison to her more prominent rivals. Opposite her are the tenor Giuseppe di Stefano and the baritone Ettore Bastianini, both of whom offer performances as remarkable for their dramatic attack as for the subtlety of their singing.

This exciting, transitional period in operatic history is recalled in the booklet essay on Mitropoulos by conductor Michael Gielen.

Cast:
- Ludwig Welter (Marchese Di Calatrava)
- Antonietta Stella (Leonora)
- Ettore Bastianini (Don Carlo)
- Giuseppe Di Stefano (Alvaro)
- Giulietta Simionato (Preziosilla)
- Walter Kreppel (Padre Guardiano)
- Karl Dönch (Fra Melitone)
- Annemarie Ludwig (Curra)

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