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 1954 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Fausto Cleva Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Chorus Director Leo Mueller Choreography by Willam Christensen Cast Marquis of Calatrava Desire Ligeti Donna Leonora Carla Martinis Don Carlo Leonard Warren Don Alvaro Richard Tucker Padre Guardiano Cesare Siepi Fra Melitone Salvatore Baccaloni Preziosilla Claramae Turner Curra Elinor Warren Trabuco Alessio De Paolis Surgeon Winther Andersen Alcalde Carl Palangi Old Woman Sybil Louise Knapp Solo Dancer(s) Sally Bailey Nancy Johnson Gordon Paxman Conrad Ludlow Show Dates Mon, Oct 25 1954, 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, Scene 1 -- Tent near Velletri, Italy Scene 2 -- A Soldiers' Camp at Velletri Act III -- The Cloister of the Monastery of Hornachuelos Act IV, Scene 1 -- Same as Act III Scene 2 -- A Solitary Spot near the Monastery Notes Corps de Ballet The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.