Listeners’ Choice: Donizetti’s La Favorita

March 4, 2023, 12:00 pm

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Shirley Verrett as Leonora and Luciano Pavarotti as Fernando in Donizetti's "La Favorita." Photo: Met Opera Archives
Shirley Verrett as Leonora and Luciano Pavarotti as Fernando in Donizetti's La Favorita (Photo: Met Opera Archives)

Shirley Verrett (Leonora), Luciano Pavarotti (Fernando), and Sherrill Milnes (Alfonso), headline this dazzling performance of Donizetti’s La Favorita. Jesús López Cobos conducts this recording from March 11, 1978.