March 23, 1984
3h 0m
IT
Kirk Browning
Leonora plans to elope with Don Alvaro, but he accidentally shoots and kills her father, who curses them as he dies. The lovers go on the run, but get separated. Bent on revenge, Leonora's brother Don Carlo, hunts them down. Verdi painted an immense canvas with this dark but tuneful opera, vividly brought to life in John Dexter’s production, with sets by the great Eugene Berman. The legendary Leontyne Price is seen in one of her greatest roles, Leonora. Price’s soaring voice encompasses every nuance of Leonora’s emotion as she moves from joy through resignation to ultimate heartbreak. James Levine’s brilliant leading of the Met orchestra and chorus is a lesson in Verdi style. Giuseppe Giacomini is Alvaro, the man Leonora loves, and Leo Nucci is Don Carlo, the dark instrument of their Fate.
Leontyne Price
Donna Leonora
Giuseppe Giacomini
Don Alvaro
Leo Nucci
Don Carlo
Antonio Ghislanzoni, Francesco Maria Piave
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Bonaldo Giaiotti
Padre Guardiano
Isola Jones
Preziosilla
Enrico Fissore
Fra Melitone
Diane Kesling
Curra
Anthony Laciura
Trabuco
John Darrenkamp
A surgeon
James Courtney
The Mayor of Hornachuelos
The Metropolitan Opera
US
