1955-

1970-

La Forza del destino

1953/03/12 Live New Orleans*

Marchese

Leonora

Don Carlo

Don Alvaro

Preziosilla

Guardiano

Melitone

Curra

Un Alcalde

Trabuco

Chirurgo

Norman Treigle

Zinka Milanov

Leonard Warren

Mario Del Monaco

Claramae Turner

William Wildermann

Gerhard Pechner

Rosemary Rotolo

(cut)

(cut)

Donald Bernard

Forces

Conductor

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Chorus and Orchestra of the New Orleans Opera House

Walter Herbert

Legato LCD 118 2 (2CD), Unique Opera Records 222 (3LP) [various cuts, among them the complete Act 2.1; the overture precedes Act 2, and Preziosilla's "Al suon del tamburro" has been transposed to Act 3.2, following the duet of Carlos and Alvaro]

Legato; New Orleans Opera Association [Angela M. McDaniel] (cast identical for performances of March 12 and 14)