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Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Leonora in La Forza del Destino Postcard from the Pillar Scene. From November 1918 Metropolitan Opera debut performance.

Program for Rosa Ponselle's debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in La Forza del Destino, November 15, 1918. Name misspelled as Poncelle.

Program for Rosa Ponselle as Leonora in La Forza del Destino at Covent Garden, June 1, 1931 with Tullio Serafin conducting. Cast also includes Pertile, Franci, Sampieri, Pederzini, Pasero, Badini, Kovaceva, Barracchi, Nessi, and Albu.

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Leonora, Enrico Caruso as Don Alvaro, and José Mardones as the Abbot in Rosa Ponselle’s Metropolitan Opera debut and the premiere of Puccini’s La Forza del Destino on November 15, 1918.