(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 Adler Kurt Herbert - 1979(LI) - San Francisco Opera*
2 Angelis Pasquale de - 1966(LI) - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli***
3 Arena Maurizio - 1978(LI) - Arena di Verona*
4 Argiris Spiros - 1992(LI) - Teatro Bellini di Catania*
5 Armstrong Richard - 1981(LI) - Welsh National Opera*
6 Basile Arturo - 1956?(SE) - RAI Torino*
7 Busch Fritz - 1951(LI) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
8 Capuana Franco - 1967(LI) - Arena di Verona*
9 Cellini Renato - 1950-1955(SE) - RCA Victor Orchestra*
10 Cellini Renato - 1963(LE) - New Orleans Opera*
11 Cleva Fausto - 1963(LI) - Teatro Regio di Parma*
12 Dohnányi Christoph von - 1981(LI) - L'Opéra de Paris**
13 Erede Alberto - 1962(LI) - Nederlandische Opera*
14 Fabritiis Oliviero De - 1938(RE) - EIAR Roma*
15 Fabritiis Oliviero De - 1954(LE) - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro*
16 Gandolfi Romano - 1987(LI) - Orchestra Sinfonica dell Emilia Romagna «Arturo Toscanini»*
17 Gardelli Lamberto - 1969(STU) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
18 Gavazzeni Gianandrea - 1965(LI) - Teatro alla Scala*
19 Gergiev Valery - 1996 - Kirov Theatre*
20 Gergiev Valery - 1998 - Kirov Theatre**
21 Gomez-Martinis (Gómez Martínez) Miguel-Ángel - 1980(LI) - Wiener Staatsoper*
22 Gregor Bohumil - 1971(LI) - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg*
23 Guadagno Anton - 1963(LI) - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*
24 Guadagno Anton - 1965(LI) - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*
25 Herbert Walter - 1953(LC) - New Orleans Opera*
26 Inbal Eliahu - 1974(LI) - Bayerische Staatsoper*
27 Karitynos Lukas - 2006(LC) - Orchestra Filarmonica Veneta «Gian Francesco Malipiero»***
28 Kellog Cal Stewart - 1989(LI) - Washington Opera*
29 Kórodi András - 1968(SE) - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra*
30 Levine James - 1975(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
31 Levine James - 1976(STU) - London Symphony Orchestra*
32 Levine James - 1984(LI) - Metropolitan Opera**
33 Litvin Carol - 1970(STU) - Orchestra of Rumanian Radio-Television*
34 Löwlein Hans - 1962(SE) - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin*
35 Luisi Fabio - 2005(LI) - Bayerische Staatsoper*
36 Marinuzzi Gino - 1941(STU) - EIAR Torino*
37 Matheson John - 1981(LI) - BBC Concert Ochestra*
38 Mehta Zubin - 2008(LI) - Wiener Staatsoper***
39 Mitropoulos Dimitri - 1953(LI) - Teatro Comunale di Firenze*
40 Mitropoulos Dimitri - 1960(LI) - Wiener Staatsoper*
41 Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - 1955(STU) - Santa Cecilia*
42 Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - 1958(LI) - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli***
43 Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - 1964(LI) - Teatro Comunale di Bologna*
44 Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - 1968(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
45 Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - 1975(LI) - Arena di Verona*
46 Morandi Pier Giorgio - 1998(LI) - L'Opéra de Marseille*
47 Muti Riccardo - 1974(LI) - Wiener Staatsoper*
48 Muti Riccardo - 1986(STU) - Teatro alla Scala*
49 Muti Riccardo - 1999(LI) - Teatro alla Scala***
50 Narducci Antonio - 1958(LI) - Palacio de las Bellas Artes*
51 NOT KNOWN - 1979(LI) - Gran Teatro del Liceo***
52 Oren Daniel - 1992(LI) - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli**
53 Paganini Giorgio - 2005(LI) - Orquesta de la Casa de la Ópera de Buenos Aires*
54 Pappano Antonio - 2004(LI) - Covent Garden*
55 Patanè Giuseppe - 1965(SE) - Staatskapelle Dresden*
56 Patanè Giuseppe - 1969(LI) - San Francisco Opera*
57 Patanè Giuseppe - 1978(LI) - Teatro alla Scala***
58 Patanè Giuseppe - 1979(LI) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*
59 Peloso Paolo - 1970(LI) - Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genova*
60 Plasson Michel - 1996(LI) - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse**
61 Previtali Fernando - 1958(STU) - Santa Cecilia*
62 Previtali Fernando - 1960(LI) - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
63 Previtali Fernando - 1961(LI) - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
64 Previtali Fernando - 1971(RA) - RAI Torino*
65 Previtali Fernando - 1972(LI) - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
66 Pritchard John - 1955(LI) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
67 Quadri Argeo - 1951(RA) - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest*
68 Rich Martin - 1967(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
69 Rosa Parodi Armando La - 1952 - Teatro alla Scala*
70 Rossi Mario - 1966(LI) - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia*
71 Santi Nello - 1964(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
72 Santi Nello - 1965(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
73 Santini Gabriele - 1949(FI) - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma**
74 Santini Gabriele - 1954(LI) - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*
75 Santini Gabriele - 1956(LI) - Teatro Comunale di Firenze*
76 Sanzogno Nino - 1957(RA) - RAI Roma*
77 Savini Ino - 1969?(STU) - Orchestra Stabile del Viotti*
78 Savini Ino - 1971(LE) - Gran Teatro del Liceo*
79 Schick George - 1961(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
80 Schippers Thomas - 1960(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
81 Schippers Thomas - 1964(STU) - RCA Italiana Orchestra*
82 Schmidt-Isserstedt Hans - 1952(RA) - Sinfonieorchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg)*
83 Schüchter Wilhelm - 1965(SE) - Deutsche Oper Berlin*
84 Serafin Tullio - 1954(STU) - Teatro alla Scala*
85 Sinopoli Giuseppe - 1985(STU) - Philharmonia Orchestra*
86 Solti Georg - 1962(LI) - Covent Garden*
87 Stiedry Fritz - 1952(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
88 Stiedry Fritz - 1954(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
89 Stiedry Fritz - 1956(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
90 Stiedry Fritz - 1958(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
91 Veltri Michelangelo - 1972(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
92 Völkel Siegfried - 196?(SE) - Berliner Staatskapelle*
93 Votto Antonino - 1951(LE) - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro*
94 Votto Antonino - 1955(LI) - Teatro alla Scala*
95 Votto Antonino - 1957(LI) - Teatro alla Scala*
96 Walter Bruno - 1943(LE) - Metropolitan Opera*
97 Walter Bruno - 1943(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*
98 Waters Willie - 1989(LI) - Greater Miami Opera*
99 Ziino Ottavio - 1961(LI) - Teatro Regio di Parma*
100 Ziino Ottavio - 1976(LI) - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*
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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 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
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 (16 February 1966). 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 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 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 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 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 Fritz Busch - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Stanley Mason
Leonora di Vargas - Walburga Wegener
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 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 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
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]
American Record Guide - March 1956 Vol.22 No.7 p.107 [MDS]
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Riccardo Muti - 1999(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Eldar Aliev
Leonora di Vargas - Georgina Lukacs
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 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 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 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 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