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La forza del destino

Title
La forza del destino / [music by] Giuseppe Verdi ; production, John Dexter ; producer, Samuel J. Paul III ; directed [for television] by Kirk Browning.
Publication
Long Beach, CA : Pioneer Classics, [2000]

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Additional Authors
  • Dexter, John
  • Paul, Samuel J.
  • Browning, Kirk, 1921-2008
  • Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876
  • Price, Leontyne.
  • Jones, Isola.
  • Giacomini, Giuseppe.
  • Nucci, Leo.
  • Fissore, Enrico.
  • Giaiotti, Bonaldo.
  • Vernon, Richard.
  • Kesling, Diane.
  • Laciura, Anthony.
  • Levine, James, 1943-2021
  • Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
  • Rivas, Angel de Saavedra, duque de, 1791-1865.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), production personnel, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prd http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Pioneer Classics (Firm), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl
Description
1 videodisc (179 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
The story of two lovers who are separated, then pursued by her brother who is convinced that they are responsible for her father's death. This tragic story of love, honor and vengence is based on the premise that fate is inexorable, that there is no free choice.
Uniform Title
Live from the Met.
Subject
Note
  • Opera in three acts.
  • At head of title: The Metropolitan Opera.
  • Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after the play Don Alvaro o la fuerza del sin by Angel de Saavedra, Duke of Rivas.
  • Previously released on videocassette by Pioneer Artists in 1986 (PA-88-227).
  • Originally broadcast by PBS on October 31, 1984 in the Live from the Met series.
  • Introduction and synopsis (1 folded sheet ([6] p.) : ill. ; 19 cm.) inserted in container.
Credits (note)
  • Camera, Juan Barrera ... [et al.] ; choreographer, Donald Mahler.
Event (note)
  • Videorecording of the March 24, 1984 performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, New York City.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, Dolby digital stereo.
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
OCLC
  • ocm47725642
  • SCSB-9053825
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries