Verdi
La Forza del Destino
For an entire generation, Zinka Milanov was the Verdi soprano, and this broadcast of one of her greatest roles shows why. Her enormous, dark, rich voice was even from top to bottom, and she could unfurl it dramatically to soar over orchestra and chorus, or scale it back to a haunting whisper. Richard Tucker plays the man who loves her, and Leonard Warren is her brother, who is so consumed with the desire for vengeance that he wants to kill them both.
Full SynopsisPerformance Info
Performance Date
Nov 29, 1952
Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Librettist
Francesco Maria Piave
Run Time
2 HRS 28 MIN
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus