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La Forza del Destino

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Force of Destiny
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
1986-1987
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Chorus Preparation
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Supertitles
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Marchese di Calatrava
Donna Leonora di Vargas, his daughter
Curra, Leonora's companion
Don Alvaro
Alcalde
Don Carlo di Vargas, the Marchese's son
Trabuco, a muleteer and peddler
Preziosilla, a young Gypsy
Fra Melitone, a Franciscan
Padre Guardiano, a Franciscan
Surgeon

Show Dates

Time and Place

Mid-19th century; Spain and Italy

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- The home of the Marchese, Seville
Scene 2 -- A hillside near an inn, Hornachuelos
Scene 3 -- Outside the monastery at Hornachuelos
Scene 4 -- The chapel of the monastery
INTERMISSION
Act II, Scene 1 -- The outskirts of a military camp in Italy
Scene 2 -- The same, some time later
INTERMISSION
Act III, Scene 1 -- The cloister at the monastery, Hornachuelos
Scene 2 -- A mountain hermitage near the monastery

Media

Acknowledgements

The revival of this production is made possible by friends of Richard K. Miller
and dedicated to his memory.

This production was originally made possible by a gift from the estate of
William H. Noble and friends of the San Francisco Opera

Supertitles underwritten by a generous grant from Chevron U.S.A.

Notes

Scenery constructed by Ercole Sormani, Milan, and Scenopam, Rome

Costumes executed by Gabriel Pacchia, Costumi GP11, Rome, and San Francisco Opera Costume Shop

SUPERNUMERARIES (listed for the entire season)
Gertraud Albert
Hetty Alvarez
Susan Anderson
Pat Angell
Karen Bailey
Joyce Barnett
Dorothy Baune
Irene Bechtel
Janet Birnie
Phyllis Blair
Layeh Bock
Katherine Brazaitis
Lorna Bridges
Dorothy C. Brown
Barbara Bruser
Madeline Chase
Phoebe Ciaffi
Annette Clark
Huguette Combs
Renée DeJarnatt
Carol Dunlap
Carolyn Ekstedt
Linda L. Hargrove-Teets
Jennifer Hayasaka
Pamela E. Hughes
Joan Imbeau
Pierrette Jeanmonod
Esther Jennings
Mary Joyce
Candace Kahn
Valerie Klingenberg
Michelle Priest Kotschnig
Joan Kwansa
Hedy Anita Langford
Francesca Leo
Betty MacDonald
Sandra Marsh
Donna L. Martin
Patrizia R. Medicina
Edith Modie
Alta Moody
Liska Janelle Moody
Thelma Morris
Holly Morrison
Janet Morse
Gabrielle Motarjemi
Ellen Nelson
Claire Nice
Marta Osterloh
Dorothy Papo
Virginia M. Persson
Nancy Petrisko
Marianne Petroni
Miriam Preece
Camille Reich
Julia Reisz
Gwen Reynolds
Francesca Roveda
Louise Russo
Ellen Sanchez
Suzanne Scott
Burgess Shiu
Stella Tatro
Beverly Terry
Karen Topp
Marcia Tusting
Sally Warren
Elisabeth Waters
Carolyn Waugh
Susan Weiss
Susan Wendt-Bogear
Ann Williamson
Layrel Ann Winzler

Andrew Vincent Alder
Zoltan Andahazy
Gene Angell
Richard Ares
Sky Bamford
Victor Banis
Stephen Bartlett-Re
Mark Bathke
Franklin Bauer
Steve Bauman
Douglas Beardslee
Donald Bechtel
Vincent Brooks
Bruce Brown
William Burns
Richard Campbell
Tom Carlisle
Roy Castellini
Gene Cikota
Stewart Clark
Derek Claudius
David Clover
William Colligan
Rudy Cook
Burton Covel
Roger Davidson
Daniel DeJarnatt
Alan Dettmering
Dick Duker
David Duncan
Hilbert Duperroir
Kermit duVal
Bill Easley
Pedro Echeandia
David Elkind
Rick Emmons
Peter Felleman
Peter Fodor
Joel Fort
Ted Foster
Kurt Frank
Raymond C. Franke
Mickey Frettoloso
Phillip Gibson
Albert Goodwyn
Paul Grosvenor
Louis Handler
Kent Harvey
Joe Hay
Ron Hazen
Philippe Henry
William Higgins
Willard Holden
Mark Huelsmann
Stephen Jacobs
John Janonis
Clinton Jennings
Paul Johansson
Dean Johnson
Richard Jones
Bill Joyce
Chris Judge
Keith Kamrath
Julius Karoblis
Joseph Kelley
Patrick Kelson
Ken Korpi
Michael Kurtz
Dan Kyte
George LaLumiere
Greg Lawrance
Jay Lenahan
Bob Leonard
Derrill Loberg
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