Giuseppe Verdi : La forza del destino

Story Line

Donna Leonora, daughter of the Marquis of Calatrava, is about to flee secretly with her lover Don Alvaro (son of the Viceroy of Mexico and an Inca princess). The Marquis bursts in unexpectedly. Alvaro hesitates to raise his weapon against his lover’s father and throws his pistol. As it falls, the pistol goes off and the Marquis is mortally wounded. As he lies dying, he curses his daughter. Don Carlo di Vargas, Leonora’s brother, resolves to avenge his sister and her fiancé for their father’s death. In the turmoil of the chase, Leonora and Alvaro lose track of one another... ‘La forza del destino’ is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, adapted from the play ‘Don Álvaro o la fuerza del destino’ (Spain, 1835) by Ángel de Saavedra, the Duke of Rivas. Premiered on 10 November 1862 at the Imperial Theatre in Saint Petersburg. From the box set of 27 Verdi operas “Tutto Verdi”. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on 2 and 5 February 2011.

Top Cast

Aquiles Machado

Don Alvaro, figlio del viceré del Messico e di una principessa Inca

Dimitra Theodossiou

Donna Leonora, figlia del marchese di Calatrava

Vladimir Stoyanov

Don Carlo di Vargas, fratello di Leonora

Mariana Pentcheva

Preziosilla

Roberto Scandiuzzi

Padre Guardiano

Carlo Lepore

Frá Melitone