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 1936 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gennaro Papi Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master William Tyroler Cast Marquis of Calatrava Louis D'Angelo Donna Leonora, his daughter Elisabeth Rethberg Don Carlo, his son Carlo Morelli Don Alvaro Giovanni Martinelli Father Guardiano, Abbot of Hornachuelos Ezio Pinza Melitone, a friar Alfredo Gandolfi Preziosilla Doris Doe Curra Olga Callahan Trabuco Ludovico Oliviero Surgeon John Burr Alcalde John Howell Show Dates Mon, Nov 16 1936, 8pm Time and Place About the 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 Media Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Alvaro), Carlo Morelli (Carlo) Credit Morton Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Carlo Morelli (Carlo), Doris Doe (Preziosilla) Credit Morton Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Carlo Morelli (Alvaro) Credit Morton Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Carlo Morelli (Alvaro) Credit Morton Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Doris Doe (Preziosilla) Credit Morton Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Doris Doe (Preziosilla) Credit Morton Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Doris Doe (Preziosilla) Credit Morton Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Alfredo Gandolfi (Fra Melitone), Carlo Morelli (Carlo) Credit Morton Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Padre Guardiano), Alfredo Gandolfi (Fra Melitone) Credit Morton Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1936_03_compressed.pdf (6.9 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- 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 here given with the overture played between Scenes 1 and 2 of Act I.
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Alvaro), Carlo Morelli (Carlo) Credit Morton
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Carlo Morelli (Carlo), Doris Doe (Preziosilla) Credit Morton
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Carlo Morelli (Alvaro) Credit Morton
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Carlo Morelli (Alvaro) Credit Morton
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Doris Doe (Preziosilla) Credit Morton
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Doris Doe (Preziosilla) Credit Morton
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Doris Doe (Preziosilla) Credit Morton
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Alfredo Gandolfi (Fra Melitone), Carlo Morelli (Carlo) Credit Morton
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Padre Guardiano), Alfredo Gandolfi (Fra Melitone) Credit Morton
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Morton