LA FORZA DEL DESTINO at the WIENER STAATSOPER 1960 - 2010

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO

(Verdi)

WIENER STAATSOPER

Leonora, Alvaro, Carlo, Padre Guardiano, Preziosilla, Fra Melitone

1960 – 1961 (new production)

Antonietta Stella/Hilde Zadek (5, 6)/Gerda Scheyrer (7-12, 14, 15)/Gertrude Grob-Prandl (13)/Mirella Paruto (16), Giuseppe di Stefano/Flaviano Labo (5, 6)/Franco Corelli (7, 8)/James McCracken (9-15)/Carlo Bergonzi (16), Ettore Bastianini/Aldo Protti (7-11, 14, 15)/Kostas Paskalis (12, 13), Walter Kreppel/Oskar Czerwenka (12, 15), Giulietta Simionato/Jean Madeira (4)/Biserka Cvejic (5-15), Karl Dönch; c. Dimitri Mitropoulos/Berislav Klobučar (7-12)/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (13, 16)/Nello Santi (14)/Wilhelm Loibner (15)

16 performances: 23, 27, 30 September, 7, 12, 15, 23, 26 October, 5, 14, 21 November, 22 December 1960, 21 January, 10 March, 6 April, 22 May 1961

1961 – 1962

Antonietta Stella/Gertrude Grob-Prandl (5)/Gerda Scheyrer (6, 7, 9), Carlo Bergonzi/James McCracken (3-9), Ettore Bastianini/Kostas Paskalis (3, 5)/Giuseppe Taddei (4)/Aldo Protti (6-8), Walter Kreppel/Nicola Zaccaria (2)/Oskar Czerwenka (4)/Frederick Guthrie (5-7)/Boris Christoff (9), Giulietta Simionato/Biserka Cvejic (3-8)/Christa Ludwig (9), Karl Dönch; c. Fausto Cleva/Wilhelm Loibner (2)/Nello Santi (3)/Alberto Erede (4, 5, 8)/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (6, 7, 9)

9 performances: 5, 30 September, 23, 28 October, 6, 24, 27 November 1961, 23 April, 29 May 1962

1962 – 1963

Antonietta Stella/Gerda Scheyrer (2-4), Luigi Ottolini/James McCracken (2, 4)/Giuseppe Zampieri (3), Kostas Paskalis/Aldo Protti (2, 3), Walter Kreppel/Oskar Czerwenka (2)/Carlo Cava (3), Biserka Cvejic/Gloria Lane (3)/Giulietta Simionato (4), Renato Capecchi/Michele Casato (2)/Karl Dönch (3, 4); c. Nino Verchi/Berislav Klobučar (2)/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (4)

4 performances: 16 October, 26 November 1962, 24 May, 28 June 1963

1963 – 1964

Antonietta Stella/Gerda Scheyrer (4, 7, 8), Carlo Bergonzi/Giuseppe Zampieri (2, 3, 5, 6)/James McCracken (4, 9)/Bruno Prevedi (7)/Luigi Ottolini (8), Kostas Paskalis/Ettore Bastianini (3)/Aldo Protti (5, 8, 9)/Licinio Montefusco (7) Cesare Siepi/Walter Kreppel (4, 5, 9)/Boris Christoff (7)/Nicolai Ghiaurov (8), Giulietta Simionato/Fiorenza Cossotto (3)/Biserka Cvejic (4, 5, 7)/Gloria Lane (6), Karl Dönch/Fernando Corena (2, 3)/Carlo Badioli (4); c. Oliviero de Fabritiis/Nello Santi (3, 4, 9)/János Ferencsik (5, 8)/Berislav Klobučar (6, 7)

1964 – 1965

Gerda Scheyrer, Giuseppe di Stefano/James McCracken (2-4), Kostas Paskalis/Giuseppe Taddei (2)/Mario Sereni (4), Walter Kreppel/Bernard Ladysz (2)/Cesare Siepi (4), Biserka Cvejic/Giulietta Simionato (4), Karl Dönch; c. Nello Santi/Berislav Klobučar (2)/Hans Swarowsky (3)/Arturo Basile (4)

4 performances: 17 September 1964, 27 March, 1 April, 19 June 1965

1965 – 1966

Gerda Scheyrer/Antonietta Stella (6), Giuseppe di Stefano/Luigi Ottolini (4)/Giuseppe Zampieri (5, 6), Kostas Paskalis/Licinio Montefusco (3)/Mario Sereni (6), Walter Kreppel/Nicolai Ghiaurov (5)/Cesare Siepi (6), Giulietta Simionato/Vera Little (3)/Biserka Cvejic (4)/Ruth Hesse (5)/Giovanna Vighi (6), Karl Dönch/Mario Basiola (4); c. Argeo Quadri

5 performances: 17, 23 October, 20 November 1965, 30 January, 6 May, 21 June 1966

1966 – 1967

Antonietta Stella/Gerda Scheyrer (2, 3, 5-7), James McCracken/Gianfranco Cecchele (3)/Giuseppe Zampieri (5)/Carlo Cossutta (6, 7)/Luigi Ottolini (8), Mario Sereni/Kostas Paskalis (4, 6)/Piero Cappuccilli (5)/Aldo Protti (7, 8), Walter Kreppel/Ivo Vinco (2)/Carlo Cava (3)/Nicola Zaccaria (4)/Cesare Siepi (5, 6)/Nicolai Ghiaurov (8), Fiorenza Cossotto/Ruth Hesse (3, 8)/Vera Little (4)/Biserka Cvejic (5-7), Karl Dönch/Guido Mazzini (5, 6)/Fernando Corena (7); c. Argeo Quadri/Berislav Klobučar (6, 7)

8 performances: 11, 27 September, 7, 25 October, 10, 28 December 1966, 7 January, 1 June 1967

1967 – 1968

Gerda Scheyrer/Rita Orlandi-Malaspina (3), Giuseppe Zampieri/James McCracken (2)/Carlo Cossutta (5), Mario Sereni/Peter Glossop (2)/Piero Cappuccilli (3, 4)/Kostas Paskalis (5), Raffaele Arié/Walter Kreppel (2)/Nicolai Ghiaurov (4)/Cesare Siepi (5), Vera Little/Ruth Hesse (2)/Biserka Cvejic (3-5), Karl Dönch; c. Argeo Quadri/Militiades Carydis (2-4)

5 performances: 12 October 1967, 17 February, 6, 21 March, 4 May 1968

1968 – 1969

Gerda Scheyrer, Carlo Cossutta/Umberto Borso (3)/Giuseppe Zampieri (6), Kostas Paskalis/Aldo Protti (2)/Piero Cappuccilli (3)/Mario Sereni (4-7), Cesare Siepi (1-3, 7)/Walter Kreppel (4, 5)/Nicolai Ghiaurov (6), Biserka Cvejic/Ruth Hesse (4)/Rohangiz Yachmi (5, 7), Karl Dönch; c. Miltiades Carydis/Argeo Quadri (3)/Berislav Klobučar (4-7)

7 performances: 11, 17 September, 14 October 1968, 21 February, 4, 23 March, 7 June 1969

1969 – 1970

Gerda Scheyrer, Carlo Cossutta, Gianpiero Mastromei/Piero Cappuccilli (4), Cesare Siepi/Nicolai Ghiaurov (2, 4)/Walter Kreppel (3), Vera Little/Rohangiz Yachmi (2, 3)/Biserka Cvejic (4), Karl Dönch/Guido Mazzini (4); c. Argeo Quadri/Berislav Klobučar (3)

4 performances: 7 November 1969, 19 January, 11 April, 19 June 1970

1970 – 1971

Gerda Scheyrer/Lotte Rysanek (4, 5), Ion Buzea/Giuseppe Zampieri (2)/Plácido Domingo (3)/Carlo Cossutta (5), Gianpiero Mastromei/Licinio Montefusco (2)/Nicola Mitic (3)/Kostas Paskalis (4), Walter Kreppel/Martti Talvela (2)/Cesare Siepi (3)/Nicolai Ghaiurov (4, 5), Rohangiz Yachmi/Biserka Cevjic (2, 4), Fernando Corena/Heinz Holecek (2-5); c. Argeo Quadri/Berislav Klobučar (2, 4, 5)

5 performances: 24 September, 4 November 1970, 19 January, 3 February, 8 March, 18 May 1971

1971 – 1972

Lotte Rysanek/Gerda Scheyrer (2), Bruno Prevedi/Juan Oncina (2, 5)/Ion Buzea (6), Gianpiero Mastromei/Kostas Paskalis (2, 3, 6)/Licinio Montefusco (4), Nicolai Ghiaurov/Nicolai Ghiuselev (4)/Cesare Siepi (6), Biserka Cvejic, Karl Dönch/Heinz Holecek (3, 6)/Enrico Fissore (4, 5); c. Argeo Quadri/Hans Swarowsky (3, 4)/Berislav Klobučar (6)

6 performances: 24 September, 4 November 1971, 3, February, 8 March, 18 May 1972

1972 – 1973

Gerda Scheyrer, Gianfranco Cecchele, Peter Glossop, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Biserka Cvejic, Heinz Holecek; c. Berislav Klobučar

1 performance: 18 May 1973

1974 – 1975 (new production)

Gilda Cruz-Romo/Lotte Rysanek (9)/Eva Marton (10-12)/Martina Arroyo (13), Franco Bonisolli/Juan Oncina (9)/Gianfranco Cecchele (10, 11), Kostas Paskalis/Matteo Manuguerra (4, 9)/Gianpiero Mastromei (10-12), Cesare Siepi/Leonard Mroz (9)/Tugomir Franc (10, 11), Joy Davidson/Fiorenza Cossotto (9, 13)/Biserka Cvejic (10)/Czeslawa Slania (11)/Luisa Nave (12), Sesto Bruscantini/Reid Bunger (9-11, 13)/Enrico Fissore (12); c. Riccardo Muti/Ernst Märzendorfer (9)/János Kulka (10-12)/Klauspeter Seibel (13)

13 performances: 29 September, 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 22, 25 October, 17 November 1974, 7, 14, 22 April, 9 June 1975

1975 – 1976

Lilijana Molnar-Talajic/Lotte Rysanek (3)/Antigone Sgourda (4)/Seta del Grande (5)/Gilda Cruz-Romo (6), Franco Bonisolli/Juan Oncina (2, 4)/Gianfranco Cecchele (3), Kostas Paskalis/Mario Sereni (2)/Matteo Manuguerra (3, 6)/Norman Mittelmann (4)/Franco Bordoni (5), Cesare Siepi/Tugomir Franc (2, 3, 5, 6)/Ruggero Raimondi (4), Rohangiz Yachmi/Fiorenza Cossotto (4), Reid Bunger/Domenico Trimarchi (3); c. János Kulka/Berislav Klobučar (4-6)

6 performances: 20 September, 30 October 1975, 18 January, 28 March, 6 May, 28 June 1976

1976 – 1977

Lilijana Molnar-Talajic/Martina Arroyo (2-4), Giuseppe Giacomini/Bruno Prevedi (2, 3)/Francisco Ortiz (4), Renato Bruson/Sherill Milnes (2-4), Ivo Vinco/Tugomir Franc (2, 3)/Cesare Siepi (4), Biserka Cvejic/Rohangiz Yachmi (2-4), Enrico Fissore/Domenico Trimarchi (2, 3)/Reid Bunger (4); c. Giuseppe Patané/Gigi Campanino (2)/Klauspeter Siebel (3)/Miguel Gomez-Martinez (4)

4 performances: 18 March, 27, 30 May, 18 June 1977

1977 – 1978

Lilijana Molnar-Talajic, Franco Bonisolli , Kostas Paskalis, Kurt Rydl, Stefania Toczyska, Reid Bunger; c. Miguel Gomez-Martinez

1 performance: 13 September 1978

1980 – 1981

Anna Tomowa-Sintow/Montserrat Caballé (6, 7), José Carreras/Giorgio Merighi (3-5), Yuri Mazurok, Kurt Moll/Tugomir Franc (3, 6, 7)/Kurt Rydl (4, 5), Stefania Toczyska/Alexandrina Miltscheva (3-5)/Rohangiz Yachmi (6, 7), Reid Bunger; c. Miguel Gomez-Martinez/Oliviero de Fabriitis (6, 7)

7 performances: 4, 7 September 1980, 18, 25, 31 January, 26, 28 June 1981

1981 – 1982

Ilona Tokody/Lynne Strow-Piccolo (2), Gianfranco Cecchele/Franco Bonisolli (2), Guillermo Saràbia, Tugomir Franc/Martti Talvela (2), Rohangiz Yachmi/Stefania Toczyska (2), Reid Bunger; c. Miguel Gomez-Martinez/Oliviero de Fabriitis (2)

2 performances: 21 November 1981, 28 February 1982

1988 – 1989 (new production)

Eva Marton, Peter Dvorský/Giuliano Ciannella (3), Renato Bruson, Robert Lloyd, Stefania Toczyska, Juan Pons; c. Garcia Navarro

7 performances: 9, 12, 15, 20, 23, 26, 29 April 1989

1989 – 1990

Anna Tomowa-Sintow/Eva Marton (4-6)/Giovanna Casolla (7), Lando Bartolini/Giuliano Ciannella (2, 3)/Peter Dvorský (4-7), Leo Nucci/Mario di Marco (4-7), Robert Lloyd/Kurt Rydl (4, 5, 7)/László Polgár (6), Stefania Toczyska, Alfred Šramek/Bruno Pola (4, 6, 7); c. Pinchas Steinberg

7 performances: 10, 14, 17 December 1989, 11, 14, 17, 20 June 1990

1990 – 1991

Giovanna Casolla/Katalin Szendrenyi (3), Sergej Larin , Wolfgang Brendel/Mario di Marco (2), László Polgár/Kurt Rydl (2)/Robert Lloyd (3), Stefania Toczyska, Bruno Pola; c. Pinchas Steinberg

3 performances: 3, 8, 13 December 1990

1991 – 1992

Maria Abajan/Eva Marton (4, 5)/Stefka Evstatieva (6), Peter Dvorský/Giuseppe Giacomini (4-6), Wolfgang Brendel/Renato Bruson (4-6), Ferruccio Furlanetto/Kurt Rydl (3)/Roberto Scandiuzzi (4-6), Nelly Boschkowa/Vesselina Kasarova (3-6), István Gáti/Bruno Pola (3)/Alfredo Mariotti (4-6); c. Pinchas Steinberg

6 performances: 23, 26 November, 2 May, 17, 20, 23 June 1992

1992 – 1993

Andrea Gruber/Julia Varady (3, 4), Peter Dvorský/Giuseppe Giacomini (3, 4), Leo Nucci, Ferruccio Furlanetto/Roberto Scandiuzzi (3, 4), Vesselina Kasarova, Alfredo Mariotti/Renato Girolami (3, 4); c. Michael Halász/Marcello Viotti (3, 4)

4 performances: 18, 21 December 1992, 5, 8 May 1993

2007 – 2008 (new production)

Nina Stemme, Salvatore Licitra, Carlos Álvarez, Alastair Miles, Nadia Krasteva, Tiziano Bracci; c. Zubin Mehta/Marco Armiliato (9-11)

11 performances: 1, 5, 8, 12, 15, 19 March, 6, 9, 13, 16, 20 June 2008

2008 – 2009

Hasmik Papian/Nina Stemme (3, 4)/Violeta Urmana (5-7), Marcello Giordani/Fabio Armiliato (5-7), Carlos Álvarez/Silvio Zanon (5, 6)/Anthony Michaels-Moore (7), Ain Anger/Alastair Miles (2)/Giacomo Prestia (5-7), Nadia Krasteva/Zoryana Kushpler (5, 6), Tomasz Konieczny/Sorin Coliban (5-7); c. Paolo Carignani

7 performances: 6, 9, 12, 15 September 2008, 23, 26, 29 January 2009

2009 – 2010

Nina Stemme/Michèle Crider (3)/Micaela Carosi (4-6) , Francesco Hong/Fabio Armiliato (4-6), Marco di Felice/Alberto Gazale (4-6), Ferruccio Furlanetto/Stefan Kocán (4-6), Nadia Krasteva, Sorin Coliban; c. Paolo Carignani/Marco Armiliato (4-6)

6 performances: 19, 23, 27 December 2009, 19, 23, 28 June 2010