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 1969 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Giuseppe Patanè Production Paul Hager Designer Leni Bauer-Ecsy Thomas L. Colangelo, Jr.(resident designer) Chorus Director Aldo Danieli Choreographer Nelle Fisher Costumes designed by Leni Bauer-Ecsy Executed by Goldstein & Co. Cast Marchese di Calatrava Ara Berberian Leonora di Vargas Nancy Tatum Curra Sheila Nadler Don Alvaro Carlo Bergonzi Alcalde Clifford Grant Don Carlo di Vargas Ingvar Wixell Trabuco Howard Fried Preziosilla Sylvia Anderson Fra Melitone Renato Capecchi Padre Guardiano Giorgio Tozzi Surgeon Richard J. Clark Show Dates Sat, Nov 1 1969, 8pm Tue, Nov 4 1969, 8pm Fri, Nov 7 1969, 8pm Sun, Nov 9 1969, 2pm Wed, Nov 12 1969, 8pm Time and Place Spain and Italy in 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, 1969. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Howard Fried (Trabuco) Credit Mason Jones Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1969. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Carlo Bergonzi (Don Alvaro) Credit Norton Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1969. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Gorgio Tozzi (Padre Guardiano), Nancy Tatum (Leonora) Credit Norton Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1969. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Nancy Tatum (Leonora), Carlo Bergonzi (Don Alvaro) Credit Norton Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1969. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. Carlo Bergonzi (Don Alvaro), Ingvar Wixell (Don Carlo) Credit Cahen Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1969. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Renato Capecchi (Fra Melitone) Credit Unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1969_09_compressed.pdf (21.41 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, 1969. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Howard Fried (Trabuco) Credit Mason Jones
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1969. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Carlo Bergonzi (Don Alvaro) Credit Norton
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1969. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Gorgio Tozzi (Padre Guardiano), Nancy Tatum (Leonora) Credit Norton
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1969. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Nancy Tatum (Leonora), Carlo Bergonzi (Don Alvaro) Credit Norton
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1969. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. Carlo Bergonzi (Don Alvaro), Ingvar Wixell (Don Carlo) Credit Cahen
Image La Forza del Destino, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1969. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Renato Capecchi (Fra Melitone) Credit Unknown