It's not quite as straightforward as that. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO appeared
in two different versions. The original version, which premiered on 10
November 1862 in St. Petersburg, Russia, was later revised by Verdi into
the more familiar version that premiered at La Scala on 27 February 1869.
In 1862, Verdi had an exceptional tenor, Enrico Tamberlick, who was
responsible for the first interpolations of extended high Cs in Verdi
operas (e.g., the interpolated C in TROVATORE's "Di quella pira". And it
was for Tamberlick that Verdi composed the scena and aria "Qual sangue
sparsi...S'affronti la morte", which followed the Alvaro-Carlo quarrel
duet in Act III which, in the 1862 version was slightly longer than in the
1869 revision (and which is one of the scenes that is often cut
altogether when the opera is performed). The aria, most noteworthy for its
extremely high tessitura and intensity, did not survive into the 1869
revision where it was replaced by Alvaro's shorter, less vocally and
emotionally daunting arioso after the Alvaro-Carlo conflict in Act III,
"Or che mi resta?".
Daniel, I suggest you contact Glendower Jones at Classical Vocal Reprints
(www.classicalvocalrep.com) to see if he doesn't have a copy of the aria
from which he can make you a reprint.
The 1862 version was revived by Gergiev at the Mariinsky. It's more likely
that you'd find the 1862 score published in Russia than elsewhere. I
suggest you contact Compozitor, which is a classical publisher in St.
Petersburg, to see if they can help you track down the music you seek:
office@c...
Karen Mercedes
http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
________________________________
That man is the happiest who
is most thoroughly deluded.
- Erasmus
|
|  |
