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...Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). La Forza del Destino, with Milanov, Tucker, Warren, Siepi...
Verdi: La Forza del Destino...
Celtic Brünnhilde. The Met's Zinka Milanov is one of the few. Possessed of a voice unsurpassed nowadays for sheer beauty and warmth, Yugoslav Soprano Milanov has a controlling interest in the company's dramatic Italian leads, i.e., in Aïda, Trovatore, Forza del Destino, and a monopoly on Norma. After a whole season of preparation for the part, she appeared on stage looking something like a Celtic Brünnhilde...
Verona was unwilling to leave it at that. Last week it staged a monster Trovatore, with mass movements akin to wheeling infantry; for this week, it was preparing a third Verdi epic, La Forza del Destino. Director Pabst was keeping his operation plans top secret, but Veronese had high hopes. Last time he worked on Forza (in Florence last spring), only the last-minute protests of the scandalized opera management kept him from bringing the Act III battle scenes up to date with armored cars and tanks...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). La Forza del Destino, with Milanov, Tucker, Warren...