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La Forza del destino

Cruz-Romo, Bonisolli, Paskalis, Siepi, Bruscantini; Muti
Wien, 1974

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La Forza del destino

This Forza serves as a great opportunity to hear some great singing from singers who, although beloved in their day, left very few documents. Gilda Cruz-Romo is an ideal Leonora, alternating effortlessly between the lyric and dramatic passages. When he began to move into heavier repertoire, Franco Bonisolli's voice began to lose its youthful sheen, but he makes up for it with some very exciting, and seemingly effortless singing. Kostas Paskalis is an elegant Don Carlo. Cesare Siepi brings warmth and gravitas to the role of Guardiano which serves as an excellent foil to Sesto Bruscantini's hilarious Melitone. Riccardo Muti reveals an innate sense for the pacing of Verdi and manages to suffer the indulgences of the singers that he would later overrule (to the detriment of the performance, in my opinion.)

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D. R.✓ Top Reviewer

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Superb Performance in Excellent Sound!

Riccardo Muti was just beginning to come into his own when this performance was given in Vienna 1974. He already had enough support behind him to insist on an uncut edition of the score with no interpolated high notes (Forza doesn't traditionally have a lot of interpolated high notes anyway). The result is a blazing performance, propulsively conducted that remains in the memory long after it is over.Cruz-Romo is a superb Leonora. She meets everyone of Verdi's vocal demands head on, culminating in a magical "Pace, pace, mio Dio!" where Time seems to stop. She conveys Leonora's exhausted emotional state passionately and with great conviction. Bonisolli was just starting to dip his toes into the heavier Verdi repertoire and his singing is superb, masculine and hairy-chested in all the right ways. Paskalis is a terrific Carlo and Davidson an enthusiastic Preziosilla who sings all of the optional high notes. Siepi sounds like God and Bruscantini is a funny, surly Melitone with his clear diction. The chorus and orchestra are also first-rate. The sound is excellent. All Verdians should have this recording.
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ronald LEE

Fine Forza-Bonisolli in fine voice,Cruz-Romo superb Leonora,Paskalis and Siepi in fine form..Muti keeps things moving..
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