Sandwiched between two undeniable masterpieces, Simon Boccanegra and Don Carlo, “La Forza del Destino” is a partly flawed opera. Verdi turns it into an experiment, pushing aside the Aristotelian unity of action and time and trying to write a tragicomedy in the vein of Shakespeare. The verd…
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