VERDI - LA FORZA DEL DESTINO - ADELAIDA NEGRI’s COLLECTION

Leonora in LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, is a very complicated and wonderful role at the same time. When at the end of the first act, the tenor throws the gun on the floor, and by accident it shoots out and kills Leonora’s father. The Father curses her daughter and she says: Cielo pieta... (G) ... de... and go down to the ....of (#C) inside the pentagram, ’’but’’ Adelaida Negri changes to the top #C: Is this necessary? Leonora is not Violeta, but hey, a PrimaDonna is a Primadonna. There are moments of intense sweetness: ’’La vergine degli angeli’’. And the famous: ’’ Pace Mio Dio’’ Leonora is a long and tiring role.