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 Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1976-1977 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler Production Alberto Fassini Stage Director(s) Matthew Farruggio Designer Pierluigi Samaritani Chorus Director Robert Jones Choreographer Ronn Guidi Lighting Designer Thomas J. Munn Musical Preparation Randall Behr (b. Bare) Cast Marchese di Calatrava Alexander Malta Leonora di Vargas Raina Kabaivanska Curra Gwendolyn Jones Don Alvaro Robert Ilosfalvy Alcalde Paul Geiger Don Carlo di Vargas Garbis Boyagian Trabuco Joseph Frank Preziosilla Susanne Marsee Fra Melitone Renato Capecchi Padre Guardiano Kolos Kovats Surgeon John Davies Mother Linda Roark Show Dates Sun, Nov 7 1976, 2pm Sat, Nov 13 1976, 1:30pm Fri, Nov 19 1976, 8pm Time and Place Mid-nineteenth century; Italy Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- A room in the house of the Marchese Scene 2 -- A hillside near an inn Scene 3 -- In front of a monastery Scene 4 -- In the church of the monastery INTERMISSION Act II, Scene 1 -- Ruins of a church near Velletri, Italy Scene 2 -- Officers' quarters Scene 3 -- A wheat field near Velletri INTERMISSION Act III, Scene 1 -- Cloister of a monastery Scene 2 -- A solitary spot near the monastery Acknowledgements New production made possible, in part, by generous gifts from a number of arts patrons and the William H. Noble Estate Notes Scenery Built by Ercole Sormani, Milan, and Scenopam, Rome Costumes executed by Gabriel Pacchia, Costumi GP 11, Rome CORPS DE BALLET Margaret DeWitt Jean Harris Wendy Holt Sherri Parks Angie Smith Maria Angela Villa Ric "E" Abel Isom Buenavista Jeffry Judson Randall Krivonic Jeffrey Smith Sulpicio Wagner Richard Browne, Ballet Captain