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 1933 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Antonio Dell'Orefice Cast Marquis of Calatrava Louis D'Angelo Donna Leonora Claudia Muzio Don Carlo Richard Bonelli Don Alvaro Giovanni Martinelli Father Guardiano, Abbot of Hornachuelos Ezio Pinza Melitone, a friar Alfredo Gandolfi Curra Helene Strause Trabuco Ludovico Oliviero Surgeon Louis D'Angelo Alcalde George Eldredge Preziosilla Myrtle Leonard Old Woman May Sewall Staff Officer Otello Baldacci Max Lorenzini Guido Battaglia Evaristo Alibertini Show Dates Fri, Dec 1 1933, 8pm Time and Place Mid-18th century; Spain and Italy Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Room in the house of Marquis of Calatrava Act I, Scene 2 -- An inn at Hornachuelos Act II -- The cloister of the Monastery of Hornachuelos Act III, Scene 1 -- A wood near Velletri Act III, Scene 2 -- An old house in the wood Act IV, Scene 1 -- Same as Act II Act IV, Scene 2 -- A solitary spot near the convent Media Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Claudia Muzio (Leonora) Credit Morton Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Claudia Muzio (Leonora) Credit Morton Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Father Guardiano), Claudia Muzio (Leonora) Credit Morton Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Alvaro) Credit Morton Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Claudia Muzio (Leonora) Credit Morton Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Richard Bonelli (Carlo) Credit Morton Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Helene Strause (Curra), Louis d’Angelo (Marquis of Calatrava), Claudia Muzio (Leonora) Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1933_06_compressed.pdf (2.71 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- The opera was given in the original St. Petersburg version. The overture was played between Scenes 1 and 2 of Act I.
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Claudia Muzio (Leonora) Credit Morton
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Claudia Muzio (Leonora) Credit Morton
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Father Guardiano), Claudia Muzio (Leonora) Credit Morton
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Alvaro) Credit Morton
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Claudia Muzio (Leonora) Credit Morton
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Richard Bonelli (Carlo) Credit Morton
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Helene Strause (Curra), Louis d’Angelo (Marquis of Calatrava), Claudia Muzio (Leonora) Credit Morton