Our Own Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin has unearthed a hunk of prime Verdiana: a live 1972 Forza del Destino starring Leontyne Price and Franco Corelli.

Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Metropolitan Opera
Michelangelo Veltri, conductor
21 January 1972

Leonora – Leontyne Price
Don Alvaro – Franco Corelli
Don Carlo – Mario Sereni
Padre Guardiano – Ezio Flagello
Fra Melitone – Fernando Corena
Preziosilla – Judith Forst
Marquis de Calatrava – James Morris
Curra – Carlotta Ordassy
Trabuco – Robert Schmorr

In-house recording