La Forza del destino. Opera in 4 Acts

- Soprano Gabriela Beňačková is the most famous performer of Janáček's Jenufa and Káťa Kabanová in recent decades.
- Audiences in the greatest international opera houses from Japan to the USA have thrilled to her performances in these two roles.
- In the course of her successful singing career, her colourful lyric soprano has brought a wide range of opera characters to life.
- This selection of arias from the Czech and international repertoire demonstrates the breadth of her repertoire as well as her effortless control and convincing performance.
- This selection also features a rare performance by Beňačková in the only dramatic soprano


Giuseppe Verdi La Forza del destino. Opera in 4 Acts
1.	Act 4 "Pace, pace, mio Dio"	06:10

Giuseppe Verdi Othello. The Opera in 4 Acts
2.	Piangea cantando /4 Act/ (Piangea cantando)	13:32

Giacomo Puccini Tosca. Opera in 3 Acts
3.	Act 2 "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore"	03:27

Giacomo Puccini Madame Butterfly. Opera in 4 Acts
4.	Act 2 "Tu? tu? Piccolo Iddio! Amore mio"	04:14

Giacomo Puccini Manon Lescaut. Opera
5.	Act 2 "L'ho abbandonato"	02:55
6.	Act 4 "Sola, perduta, abbandonata" - monologue	05:12

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pique Dame (Queen of Spades), Op. 68
7.	Už polnoč blizitsja (Už polnoč blizitsja)	06:14

Bedřich Smetana Libuše. Festival Opera in 3 Acts
8.	Act 3 - Libuše's prophecy (with Six Pictures from Bohemia's History): O Gods almighty	05:18

Bedřich Smetana The Bartered Bride. Opera in Three Acts
9.	Act 3, Scene 6 "Oh, what a grief!"	04:52

Antonín Dvořák Rusalka. Opera in 3 Acts, Op. 114
10.	Act 1 "O, moon high up in the deep, deep sky"	05:12
11.	Act 3 "Insensible water power"	07:32

Leoš Janáček Káťa Kabanova. Opera in 3 Acts
12.	Act 3 - But death doesn' t come	03:14

Leoš Janáček Jenufa. Opera in 3 Acts
13.	Act 2: Greetings to Thee, Queen	02:35
14.	Act 3, Scene 12: They've all left...Lewave as well!	03:37