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 Music Center Pavilion Season 1965 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 Zachary Solov Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Marchese di Calatrava Joshua Hecht Leonora di Vargas, his daughter Leontyne Price Curra, her maid Claudia White Don Alvaro, a young nobleman Sandor Konya Alcalde John West Don Carlo di Vargas, Leonora's brother Raymond Wolansky Trabuco, a peddler Howard Fried Preziosilla, a Gypsy fortuneteller Annamaria Bessel Fra Melitone, a friar of the monastery Heinz Blankenburg Padre Guardiano, superior of the monastery Ugo Trama Surgeon Adib Fazah Show Dates Thu, Nov 11 1965, 8pm Sun, Nov 14 1965, 3pm Time and Place Spain and Italy, the eighteenth century Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- A room in the house of the Marchese di Calatrava Scene 2 -- An 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 -- A solitary spot near the monastery Notes Corps de Ballet