Force of Destiny Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Francesco Maria Piave Based On the play "Don Álvaro, o La Fuerza del Sino" by Angel de Saavedra, Duke of Rivas Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1948 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Dick Marzollo Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Choreographer Willam Christensen Cast Marquis of Calatrava Lorenzo Alvary Donna Leonora Sara Menkes Don Carlo Robert Weede Don Alvaro Kurt Baum Abbot of Hornachuelos Ezio Pinza Fra Melitone, a friar Salvatore Baccaloni Preziosilla Ebe Stignani Curra Eileen Baldwin Trabuco Alessio De Paolis Surgeon George Cehanovsky Alcalde John Ford Old Woman Leila Gambi Solo Dancer(s) Sallie Whalen Peter Nelson Show Dates Thu, Oct 21 1948, 8pm Time and Place About the middle of the Eighteenth Century; Spain and Italy Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Room in the House of Marquis of Calatrava Scene 2 -- An inn at Hornachuelos Act II -- The Cloister of the Monastery of Hornachuelos Act III, Scene 1 -- Desolate Farm House in Velletri, Italy Scene 2 -- A Soldiers' Camp at Velletri Act IV, Scene 1 -- Same as Act II Scene 2 -- A Solitary Spot near the Monastery Notes Corps de Ballet