Forget the flapping sets, the godawful wigs, the fact that the Naples audience throws radishes at Franco Corelli. This performance of La forza del destino has the VOICES for this opera. Every singer has a big, refulgent Verdi voice. They all sing as if they believe in what they’re singing. Renata Tebaldi was deeply religious in real life and when she sings here, she truly sounds like the voice of an angel.
A favorite Verdi performance from Ivy Lin
This is one of those rare performances that makes you believe that everything Verdi was greater Way Back When.
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Ivy Lin
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Ivy Lin
Ivy Lin teaches science as her day job, and in her spare time reviews dance for Bachtrack. She also obsesses over her 20-year-old cat Pumpkin. Ivy is excited to be back in this wonderful, vibrant opera community after a long hiatus. If she were singing opera, she'd still be cast as Despina until she was in a wheelchair. You can follow Ivy on insta as poisonivy326. Although she's mellowed from her "poisonivy" days she still had a discussion recently with her editor about being "too harsh" in her reviews.
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People: Franco Corelli, Renata Tebaldi
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Works: La forza del destino
