La Forza del destino  1953/03/12 Live New Orleans*


Marchese    Norman Treigle
Leonora    Zinka Milanov
Carlo    Leonard Warren
Alvaro    Mario Del Monaco
Preziosilla    Claramae Turner
Guardiano    William Wildermann
Melitone    Gerhard Pechner
Curra    Rosemary Rotolo
Alcalde    (cut)
Trabuco    (cut)
Chirurgo    Donald Bernard
 
Conductor    Walter Herbert
Orchestra Chorus and Orchestra of the New Orleans Opera House
 
Labels Bongiovanni GB 11778 (2CDs), Cantus Classics CACD F 500.472 (2CDs), Great Opera Performances GOP 66303 (2CDs), Legato LCD 1182 (2CDs), Premiere Opera CDNO 288-2 (2CDs), Unique Opera Records 222 (3LPs) [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]
 
Sources Legato -- New Orleans Opera Association [Angela M. McDaniel] (cast identical for performances of March 12 and 14), Shaman 1999:1323 (Curra: Lydia Nedmann, Trabuco: Donald Bernard, Alcalde: Mme. Rotolo [sic], Chirurgo: ?)
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