The 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 1965 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Production Paul Hager Designer Leni Bauer-Ecsy Thomas L. Colangelo, Jr.(resident designer) Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Zachary Solov Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Marchese di Calatrava Joshua Hecht Leonora di Vargas, his daughter Leontyne Price Curra, her maid Claudia White Don Alvaro, a young nobleman Sandor Konya Alcalde John West Don Carlo di Vargas, Leonora's brother Raymond Wolansky Trabuco, a peddler Howard Fried Preziosilla, a Gypsy fortuneteller Annamaria Bessel Fra Melitone, a friar of the monastery Heinz Blankenburg Padre Guardiano, superior of the monastery Ugo Trama Surgeon Adib Fazah Show Dates Tue, Sep 28 1965, 8pm Tue, Oct 5 1965, 8pm Sat, Oct 9 1965, 8pm Time and Place Spain and Italy, the eighteenth century Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- A room in the house of the Marchese di Calatrava Scene 2 -- An inn at Hornachuelos Act II, Scene 1 -- In front of the monastery of Hornachuelos Scene 2 -- In the monastery of Hornachuelos 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 -- A solitary spot near the monastery Media Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Sandor Konya (Don Alvaro), Leontyne Price (Leonora) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Raymond Wolansky (Don Carlo) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Ugo Trama (Padre Guardiano) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Sandor Konya (Don Alvaro), Raymond Wolansky (Don Carlo) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1965_10_compressed.pdf (10.8 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, 1965. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Sandor Konya (Don Alvaro), Leontyne Price (Leonora) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Raymond Wolansky (Don Carlo) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Ugo Trama (Padre Guardiano) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Sandor Konya (Don Alvaro), Raymond Wolansky (Don Carlo) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones