[Met Performance] CID:171440
La Forza del Destino {87} Metropolitan Opera House: 04/2/1956.


Metropolitan Opera House
April 2, 1956


LA FORZA DEL DESTINO {87}
Giuseppe Verdi--Francesco Maria Piave

Leonora.................Zinka Milanov
Don Alvaro..............Kurt Baum, Acts I, II
Don Alvaro..............Gino Penno, Act III [Last performance]
Don Carlo...............Leonard Warren
Padre Guardiano.........Luben Vichey
Preziosilla.............Rosalind Elias
Fra Melitone............Fernando Corena
Marquis de Calatrava....Louis Sgarro
Curra...................Thelma Votipka
Trabuco.................Alessio De Paolis
Surgeon.................George Cehanovsky

Conductor...............Fritz Stiedry

[Kurt Baum cancelled after Act II, the battlefield scene, and was replaced as Don Alvaro by Gino Penno.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1955-56
• La Forza del Destino: Conductor [Stiedry, Fritz]
• La Forza del Destino: Leonora [Milanov, Zinka]
• La Forza del Destino: Don Alvaro [Baum, Kurt] Acts I, II
• La Forza del Destino: Don Alvaro [Penno, Gino] Act III
• La Forza del Destino: Don Carlo [Warren, Leonard]
• La Forza del Destino: Padre Guardiano [Vichey, Luben]
• La Forza del Destino: Preziosilla [Elias, Rosalind]
• La Forza del Destino: Fra Melitone [Corena, Fernando]
• La Forza del Destino: Marquis de Calatrava [Sgarro, Louis]
• La Forza del Destino: Curra [Votipka, Thelma]
• La Forza del Destino: Trabuco [De Paolis, Alessio]
• La Forza del Destino: Surgeon [Cehanovsky, George]
Met Careers
• Baum, Kurt [Tenor]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Corena, Fernando [Bass]
• De Paolis, Alessio [Tenor]
• Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo Soprano]
• Milanov, Zinka [Soprano]
• Penno, Gino [Tenor]
• Sgarro, Louis [Bass]
• Stiedry, Fritz [Conductor]
• Vichey, Luben [Bass]
• Votipka, Thelma [Soprano]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]