La Forza del Destino

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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
1958
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Georges Sebastian
Stage Director(s)
Enrico Frigerio
Chorus Director
Gianni Lazzari
Choreographer
Eugene Loring
Costumers
Goldstein & Co.

Cast

Marquis of Calatrava
Mark Elyn
Donna Leonora
Leonie Rysanek
Don Carlo
Robert Weede
Don Alvaro
Piero Miranda Ferraro
Padre Guardiano
Giuseppe Modesti
Fra Melitone
Richard Wentworth
Preziosilla
Cecilia Ward
Curra
Katherine Hilgenberg
Trabuco
Virginio Assandri
Surgeon
Colin Harvey
Alcalde
Harold Enns
Solo Dancer(s)
Bruce McLoed
Jim Penrod
Tony Weber

Show Dates

Time and Place

About the middle of the eighteenth century; Spain and Italy

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- Room in the house of the Marquis of Calatrava
Scene 2 -- Inn at Hornachuelos
Act II -- Courtyard of the Monastery of Hornachuelos
INTERMISSION
Act III, Scene 1 -- Ruins of a house near Velletri, Italy
Scene 2 -- Soldiers' camp at Velletri
Act IV, Scene 1 -- Cloister of the Monastery of Hornachuelos
Scene 2 -- Solitary spot near the Monastery

Media

Dancers