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 1948 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola(9/24) Dick Marzollo(10/6) Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Choreographer Willam Christensen Cast Marquis of Calatrava Lorenzo Alvary Donna Leonora Sara Menkes Don Carlo Leonard Warren(9/24) Robert Weede(10/6) Don Alvaro Kurt Baum Abbot of Hornachuelos Ezio Pinza Fra Melitone, a friar Salvatore Baccaloni Preziosilla Claramae Turner Curra Eileen Baldwin Trabuco Alessio De Paolis Surgeon George Cehanovsky Alcalde John Ford Old Woman Leila Gambi Solo Dancer(s) Sallie Whalen Peter Nelson Show Dates Fri, Sep 24 1948, 8pm Wed, Oct 6 1948, 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, Scene 1 -- Desolate Farm House in Velletri, Italy Scene 2 -- A Soldiers' Camp at Velletri Act IV, Scene 1 -- Same as Act II Scene 2 -- A Solitary Spot near the Monastery Media Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1948. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Padre Guardiano) Credit Strohmeyer Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1948. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Leonard Warren (Don Carlo), Ensemble Credit Strohmeyer Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1948_10_compressed.pdf (7.54 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1948. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Padre Guardiano) Credit Strohmeyer
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1948. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Leonard Warren (Don Carlo), Ensemble Credit Strohmeyer