JOSÉ CURA sings "Ah, per sempre, o mio bell'angiol" (Act 1) from Verdi's "La Forza del Destino" at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 1999.
Act 1 "Ah, per sempre, o mio bell'angiol"
. JOSÉ CURA "La Forza del Destino" - Verdi in 1999
Teatro alla Scala in Milan
February 16, 18, 20, 23, 28. and March 2, 5
Firmly entrenched as one of the great modern voices, in 1999 JOSÉ CURA sang Don Alvaro in Verdi's "La Forza del Destino" at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
Conductor: Riccard Muti,
Director: Hugo de Ana,
Don Alvaro: JOSÉ CURA
Don Carlo di Vargas: Leo Nucci
Donna Leonora: Georgina Lukacs
Preziosilla: Luciana D'lntino
Il Marchese di Calatrava: Eldar Aliev
Padre Guardiano: Giacomo Prestia
Fra Melitone: Alfonso Antoniozzi
Curra: Tiziana Tramonti
New York Times ---- Mr. Cura gave a shattering portrayal of his strange character, so honor-bound, so prone to self-abasement, so fierce of temper. He probed especially deep in the haunting battlefield duet, “Solenne in quest’ora". Mr. Cura gave the gloomy opening phrases an unearthly lightness, as if his soul were already hovering at the mystic threshold, but in the serene melody that follows, he let the light go out, steeping in solemnity a moment more conventionally played for the false comforts of nostalgia.
