La forza del destino
Pabst directed four opera productions in Italy in 1953: "La forza del destino" for the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence (conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos, the cast included Renata Tebaldi, Fedora Barbieri, Mario del Monaco, Aldo Protti, Cesare Siepi), and a few weeks later, for the Arena di Verona Festival, a spectacular "Aïda", with Maria Callas in the title role (conducted by Tullio Serafin, with del Monaco), "Il trovatore" and again "La forza del destino".