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.
Listeners’ Choice: Donizetti’s La Favorita

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