The 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 1963 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Production Paul Hager Designer Leni Bauer-Ecsy Thomas L. Colangelo, Jr.(resident designer) Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Lew Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Marchese di Calatrava Joshua Hecht Leonora di Vargas Leontyne Price Curra, her maid Dorothy Cole Don Alvaro, a young nobleman of Inca origin James McCracken Alcalde Peter van der Bilt Don Carlo di Vargas, Leonora's brother Julien Haas Preziosilla, a Gypsy fortuneteller Janis Martin Trabuco Howard Fried Fra Melitone Elfego Esparza Padre Guardiano, superior of the convent Walter Kreppel Surgeon Daniel McCaughna Solo Dancer(s) Virginia Johnson Robert Gladstein Show Dates Sat, Nov 16 1963, 8pm Time and Place About the middle of the eighteenth century; Spain and Italy Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Room in the house of the Marchese di Calatrava Scene 2 -- Inn at Hornachuelos Act II, Scene 1 -- In front of the monastery of Hornachuelos Scene 2 -- In the monastery of Hornachuelos Act III, Scene 1 -- Ruins of a house near Velletri, Italy Scene 2 -- Soldiers' camp at Velletri Act IV, Scene 1 -- Cloister of the monastery of Hornachuelos Scene 2 -- Solitary spot near the monastery Notes New Production In Memory of Gaetano Merola Corps de Ballet