TEATRO ALLA SCALA, MILANO 27 AUG 1954
STUDIO REMASTERED 2014
3CD 0825646340002 – DIGITAL
Verdi: La forza del destino
ORCHESTRA E CORO DEL TEATRO ALLA SCALA DI MILANO
TULLIO SERAFIN
Relentlessly pursued by Fate, Leonora in La forza del destino is a haunted heroine whose passions and fears are expressed on a grand scale. Callas’s stage experience of Forza was limited
to her early career in Italy – in fact, Leonora was her first Verdi role – but, as Lord Harewood,
founder of Opera magazine, observed, her recorded assumption exhibited ‘an unparalleled
musical sensibility and imagination and a grasp of the musico-dramatic picture which is unique’.
She took her place in a powerful cast conducted by her mentor Tullio Serafin.
DONNA LEONORA: MARIA CALLAS
DON ALVARO: RICHARD TUCKER
DON CARLO DI VARGAS: CARLO TAGLIABUE
PADRE GUARDIANO: NICOLA ROSSI-LEMENI
PREIOZILLA: ELENA NICOLAI
FRA MELITONE: RENATO CAPECCHI
IL MARCHESE DI CALATRAVA: PLINIO CLABASSI
CURRA: RINA CAVALLARI
MASTRO TRABUCO: GINO DEL SIGNORE
UN ALCADE/UN CHIRURGO: DARIO CASELLI
SOLDATI/GIOCATORI: GIULIO SCARINCI, OTTORINO BAGALLI