art direction Mo Ström
baritone vocals [a surgeon] William Elvin
baritone vocals [don carlo di vargas] Sherrill Milnes
baritone vocals [fra melitone] Gabriel Bacquier
baritone vocals [the mayor of hornachuelos] Malcolm King
bass vocals [marquis di calatrava] Kurt Moll
bass vocals [padre guardiano] Bonaldo Giaiotti
bass vocals [soldier] Brian Etheridge
bass vocals [soldier] William Mason
chorus master John Alldis
chorus [muleteers, peasants, pilgrims, franciscans, italian & spanish soliers, vendors, beggars] John Alldis Choir
composed by Giuseppe Verdi
conductor James Levine
engineer [reissue] Joe Lopes
libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
mezzo-soprano vocals [curra] Gillian Knight
mezzo-soprano vocals [preziosilla] Fiorenza Cossotto
orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
producer [series] Niels Høirup
reissue producer Edward Houser
soprano vocals [a peasant woman] Valerie Hill
soprano vocals [donna leonora di vargas] Leontyne Price
tenor vocals [don alvaro] Placido Domingo
tenor vocals [soldier] Edgar Fleet
tenor vocals [soldier] Peter Hall
tenor vocals [trabuco] Michel Sénéchal
typography [typesetting], layout BKMS, Hamburg
Distributed By BMG Distribution
Copyright (c) BMG Music
Phonographic Copyright (p) BMG Music
Recorded At Walthamstow Assembly Hall
Originally released in 1977.

Opera in four parts
Based on the play Don Alvaro, o La Fuerza Del Sino by The Duke of Rivas.

La Forza Del Destino • The Force of Destiny • Die Macht des Schicksals • La Force du Destin

Notes (English/German/French/Italian) and Libretto (Italian/English) enclosed in 132-page booklet.

Total Playing Time
CD1 - 65:30
CD2 - 69:52
CD3 - 36:00

Recording: London, Walthamstow Town Hall, 1976.

Digitally Remastered using Apogee UV22™ Super CD Encoding, which delivers 20-bit resolution and quality on any standard CD player.
© 1998, BMG Entertainment • ℗ 1977, BMG Entertainment • Distributed in the United States by BMG Distribution, a Unit of BMG Entertainment, 1540 Broadway, New York, New York 10036.

Barcode: 7 4321-39502-2 8
Matrix / Runout: *1D* 74321395022-1S B A1 (Disc One)
Matrix / Runout: *2D* 74321395022-2S B A1 (Disc Two)
Matrix / Runout: *1D* 74321395022-3S B A1 (Disc Three)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L433 (Disc 1 & 3)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L431 (Disc 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 7492 (All Discs)
SPARS Code: ADD