Force of Destiny
Composer
Librettist
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
Sacramento, CA
Venue
Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
Season
1944
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Cast
Marquis of Calatrava
Donna Leonora, his daughter
Don Carlo, his son
Don Alvaro
Abbot of Hornachuelos
Fra Melitone, a friar
Preziosilla
Curra
Trabuco
Surgeon
Alcalde
Old Woman
Show Dates
Time and Place
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 -- Desolate Farm House in Velletri Wood
Act IV, Scene 1 -- Same as Act II
Scene 2 -- A Solitary Spot near the Convent
Notes
Corps de Ballet
The curtain time is a guess; touring records include evering but the starting times.
Program note:
The opera was first produced in St. Petersburg, November 11, 1862.
Seven years later at La Scala another scene was added.
The original production is given here with the overture played
between Scenes 1 and 2 of Act I.