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Leonora, the passionate young girl choosing seclusion and life as a hermit to avoid the revenge of her brother and punish herself for her forbidden love with Alvaro and the death of her father, is one of the most tragic roles of the Verdian repertoire. It was also the first roles Maria Callas took up in her career.

Leonora, the passionate young girl choosing seclusion and life as a hermit to avoid the revenge of her brother and punish herself for her forbidden love with Alvaro and the death of her father, is one of the most tragic roles of the Verdian repertoire. It was also the first roles Maria Callas took up in her career. This recording with her mentor Tullio Serafin features an amazing cast and is one of the high points of the Verdi discography.

Giuseppe Verdi reiste 1862 nach St. Petersburg, um das Werk La forza del destino uraufzuführen, das vom dortigen kaiserlichen Theater in Auftrag gegeben worden war. Die Vorlage sprach den Sinn des Komponisten für tragische Intensität und die Unbarmherzigkeit des Schicksals an. Das lokale Publikum war sowohl an die italienische Oper des 18. Jahrhunderts als auch an die französische Grand Opéra gewöhnt, und so entstand ein Werk, das eine Synthese aus aristokratischem Drama und volkstümlicher Komödie darstellt. Im Jahr 1869 überarbeitete er das Werk so, dass es mit Tod und Verklärung endet. Diese von der Kritik bewunderte Produktion der überarbeiteten Fassung wird von Zubin Mehta dirigiert, in einer Neuinszenierung, die »von einigen brillanten Künstlern bereichert wurde« (Lyric Opera Journal).

Giuseppe Verdi travelled to St Petersburg in 1862 to premiere La forza del destino, which had been commissioned by the city’s Imperial Theatre. The source material appealed to the composer’s sense of tragic intensity and the ruthlessness of destiny.

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