{"product_id":"callas-verdi-la-forza-del-destino-1954-paco172","title":"CALLAS Verdi: La Forza del Destino (1954) - PACO172","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eVERDI \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eLa Forza del Destino\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio recording, 1954\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration:  2hr 45:00\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eDonna Leonora -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e Maria Callas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eDon Alvaro - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eRichard Tucker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eDon Carlo di Vargas - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eCarlo Tagliabue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eIl Padre Guardiano - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eNicola Rossi-Lemeni\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ePreziosilla - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eElena Nicolai\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eChorus \u0026amp; Orchestra of La Scala, Milan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eTullio Serafin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACO172.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\"PERHAPS THE STORY of “La Forza del Destino” is a bit lugubrious for Easter morning, but not this crackling performance straight from Milan’s La Scala. Tullio Serafin meets Verdi on his own ground in the pace he sets for Maria Meneghini Callas as Leonora, Richard Tucker as Don Alvaro, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni as Padre Guardiano, Carlo Tagliabue as Don Carlo, Elena Nicolai as Preziosilla, Renato Capecchi as Fra Melitone, and Gino del Signore as Trabuco [Angel 3531-C]. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis has the live sound of the Scala’s mellow yet brilliant acoustics, the virtuosity of its operatic stature. Orchestra and chorus are topflight, the pacing in the inn scenes is as chameleonic as the score. As always when they are together, Callas' and Rossi-Lemeni occupy a special plane. When they appear you are not just interested, you are involved. Tucker does some superb singing, and Tagliabue rescues himself from a stodgy start to make steely sparks fly from more than swords in their last encounter. Add Nicolai’s [the Italian, not the Greek Nicolaidi] volatile glint as the camp follower, Capecchi’s sulky drollery as the buffo monk, and the peddler’s slyness, and it adds up to a performance rich in characterization and in that reinforced, revitalized line that is the very pulse beat of Verdi. Interesting Benois sketches suggest furies and angels fighting it out.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e, 10 April 1955\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis recording was issued to mixed receptions in 1955. The review from the Chicago Tribune (above) is glowing, whilst \u003ci\u003eThe Gramophone\u003c\/i\u003e's critic in May 1955 moaned about \"some uneven singing here, most of it contributed by Callas. Her voice is not too steady, there is an occasional shrillness and insecurity of pitch, and often a definite wobble,\" though there is praise for the rest of the cast and the recording itself. Interestingly this attitude towards Maria Callas was also to be found in another British review in \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the time the recording was reissued on CD in 1987 it seems British critics had come round to a new way of thinking with regard to Maria Callas: \"Leonora was a role to which Callas was particularly well attuned. Leonora's ardour, sincerity, and desperate vulnerability are etched by this great artist into her every utterance. Forza begins with a subdued conversation and ends with the great trio and Callas is unforgettable in both.\" Interestingly the critic goes on to suggest: \"Callas is also helped by the new digital remastering, and by CD; her voice never really sat comfortably in 1950s vinyl which bucked and jabbered at her emissions are surely as any dyed-in-the wool canary-fancier. The sound is now clear and true.\" (\u003ci\u003eGramophone\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new Pristine XR remastering further improves on the sound of this classic recording, adding new layers of warmth, depth and complexity to the sound-stage and significantly rounding out the tone of both singers and orchestra.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eVERDI La Forza del Destino\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDisc One\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Sinfonia  (7:32)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACT ONE\u003cbr\u003e2. Buona notte, mia figlia  (2:25)\u003cbr\u003e3. Temea restasse qui fino a domani!  (1:42)\u003cbr\u003e4. Me pellegrina ed orfano  (3:43)\u003cbr\u003e5. M'aluti, signorina  (0:27)\u003cbr\u003e6. Ah, per sempre  (7:13)\u003cbr\u003e7. Vil seduttor! Infame figlia!  (2:09)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACT TWO, SCENE ONE\u003cbr\u003e8. Holà, holà, holà!  (1:18)\u003cbr\u003e9. La cena è pronta  (0:35)\u003cbr\u003e10. Che vdedo! Mio fratello!  (0:34)\u003cbr\u003e11. Viva la guerra!  (0:59)\u003cbr\u003e12. Al suon del tamburo  (2:41)\u003cbr\u003e13. Padre Eterno Signor  (3:48)\u003cbr\u003e14. Viva la buona compagnia!  (1:52)\u003cbr\u003e15. Poich'è imberbe l'incognito  (0:41)\u003cbr\u003e16. Son Pereda, son ricco d'onore  (2:30)\u003cbr\u003e17. Sta bene  (3:01)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACT TWO, SCENE TWO\u003cbr\u003e18. Sono giunta! Grazie, o Dio!  (1:41)\u003cbr\u003e19. Madre, pietosa Vergine  (5:15)\u003cbr\u003e20. Chi siete?  (2:07)\u003cbr\u003e21. Chi mi cerca?  (1:10)\u003cbr\u003e22. Infelice, delusa, rejetta  (11:15)\u003cbr\u003e23. Il santo nome di Dio Signore  (8:05)\u003cbr\u003e24. La Vergine degli Angeli  (3:49)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDisc Two\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACT THREE, SCENE ONE\u003cbr\u003e1. Attenti al gioco  (4:14)\u003cbr\u003e2. La vita è inferno all'infelice  (3:00)\u003cbr\u003e3. O tu che in seno  (3:18)\u003cbr\u003e4. Al tradimento!  (2:18)\u003cbr\u003e5. All' armi!  (2:19)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACT THREE, SCENE TWO\u003cbr\u003e6. Piano ... qui posi  (1:36)\u003cbr\u003e7. Solenne in quest' ora  (4:07)\u003cbr\u003e8. Morir! Tremenda cosa!  (2:08)\u003cbr\u003e9. Urna fatale del mio destino  (2:38)\u003cbr\u003e10. E s'altra prova rinvenir potessi?  (2:26)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACT THREE, SCENE THREE\u003cbr\u003e11. Compagni, sostiamo  (3:08)\u003cbr\u003e12. Né gustare m'è dato  (8:40)\u003cbr\u003e13. Lorché pifferi e tamburi  (1:50)\u003cbr\u003e14. Qua, vivandiere, un sorso  (0:31)\u003cbr\u003e15. A buon mercato chi vuol comprare?  (2:17)\u003cbr\u003e16. Pane, pan per carità!  (3:01)\u003cbr\u003e17. Nella guerra è la follia  (2:12)\u003cbr\u003e18. Toh! Toh! Poffare il mondo!  (3:59)\u003cbr\u003e19. Rataplan, rataplan, della gloria  (3:26)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDisc Three\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACT FOUR, SCENE ONE\u003cbr\u003e1. Fate la carità  (6:19)\u003cbr\u003e2. Giunge qualcuno, aprite  (1:10)\u003cbr\u003e3. Invano Alvaro, ti celasti al mondo  (3:26)\u003cbr\u003e4. Le minaccie, i fieri accenti  (5:30)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACT FOUR, SCENE ONE\u003cbr\u003e5. Pace, pace mio Dio!  (6:19)\u003cbr\u003e6.  Io muoio! Confessione!  (3:08)\u003cbr\u003e7.  Non imprecare, umiliati a Lui  (5:35)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCAST \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonna Leonora - \u003cb\u003eMaria Callas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon Alvaro - \u003cb\u003eRichard Tucker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon Carlo di Vargas -\u003cb\u003e Carlo Tagliabue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIl Padre Guardiano - \u003cb\u003eNicola Rossi-Lemeni\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreziosilla - \u003cb\u003eElena Nicolai\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFra Melitone - \u003cb\u003eRenato Capecchi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIl marchese di Calatrava - \u003cb\u003ePlinio Clabassi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCurra - \u003cb\u003eRina Cavallari\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMastro Trabuco - \u003cb\u003eGino del Signore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUn alcade\/Un chirurgo - \u003cb\u003eDaro Caselli\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoldati\/Giuscatari -\u003cb\u003e Giulio Scarinci, Ottorino Bagalli\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChorus \u0026amp; Orchestra of La Scala, Milan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003econducted by \u003cb\u003eTullio Serafin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXR remastered by Andrew Rose\u003cbr\u003eRecorded 17-24 August 1954, Teatro alla Scala, Milan\u003cbr\u003eCover artwork based on a photograph of Maria Callas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDownloads include full score, vocal score \u0026amp; Italian\/English libretto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTotal duration:\u003cb\u003e  2hr 45:00     \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eCD1: 76:28     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eCD2: 57:06    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eCD3: 31:26\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fCover Art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcover_art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/thumbs\/PACO172.jpg578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/PACO172.pdf578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f","brand":"Pristine Classical","offers":[{"title":"Ambient Stereo 24-bit FLAC","offer_id":55010079113582,"sku":"ppb1789306380784","price":33.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ambient Stereo 16-bit FLAC","offer_id":55010079146350,"sku":"gwb1789306380785","price":23.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"320kbps Ambient Stereo MP3","offer_id":55010079179118,"sku":"vug1789306380786","price":21.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0915\/3986\/5966\/files\/callas-verdi-la-forza-del-destino-1954---paco172_1.jpg?v=1789306387","url":"https:\/\/www.harborviewgoods.shop\/products\/callas-verdi-la-forza-del-destino-1954-paco172","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}