[Met Performance] CID:212370



La Forza del Destino
Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, October 25, 1967

Debut : Louise Pearl




La Forza del Destino (127)
Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave
Leonora
Leontyne Price

Don Alvaro
Richard Tucker

Don Carlo
Sherrill Milnes

Padre Guardiano
Bonaldo Giaiotti

Preziosilla
Louise Pearl [Debut]

Fra Melitone
Fernando Corena

Marquis de Calatrava
Louis Sgarro

Curra
Carlotta Ordassy

Trabuco
Robert Schmorr

Surgeon
Robert Goodloe


Conductor
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli







Review 1:

Review of Irving Kolodin in the Saturday

The game of "change the cast" which the Metropolitan indulges in from time to time produced the least-expected outcome of all in the most recent performance of Verdi's "La Forza del Destino:" a truly satisfactory blend of voices for the kind of euphony which Verdi had in mind. This was an occasion when the central reality of Leontyne Price's sound as Leonora was not obscured but was complemented by Richard Tucker's Don Alvaro, the ever improving sonority of Bonaldo Giaiotti as Padre Guardian, and Sherrill Milnes's likable effort as the other element of the quartet (Don Carlo).

Price, of course, is a contemporary paragon, and Tucker's voice is the standard for the kind of singing Alvaro has to do in this opera. To his credit, Giaiotti, after six or so seasons at the Met, has attained the level of consistency to make the most of his finely resonant voice. This should convey some kind of instructive precept to Milnes, who has the means, the physique, and the flair to qualify on the same level. What Milnes is now in need of, he is getting the hard way - that is, what for the aspiring pilot would be called "air time," or for the immature operatic artist could be termed "stage time." Unfortunately for Milnes, it has to be put in on the stage of the Metropolitan, but he has enough in his favor to offer reasonable return to the ticket-buyer while struggling for the kind of consistency which, for example, Giaiotti has now achieved. Milnes's real danger would be to conclude that he has achieved a level acceptable to himself and not strive to better it. That would be sadly delimiting for a singer who has all the attributes-sound, physique, presence - for an outstanding career. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli directed knowingly, and Louise Pearl made her debut as Preziosilla, a role which, in this version, is more visible than audible.



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