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 Archive ID SFO_1965_10 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