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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
1992-1993
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

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

Cast

Marchese di Calatrava
Donna Leonora di Vargas, his daughter
Curra, Leonora's maid
Don Alvaro
Alcalde
Don Carlo di Vargas, the Marchese's son
Trabuco
Preziosilla
Fra Melitone
Padre Guardiano
Surgeon

Show Dates

Time and Place

Mid-18th century; Spain and Italy

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- The home of the Marchese, Seville
Act I, Scene 2 -- An inn near Hornachuelos
Act I, Scene 3 -- Outside the monastery at Hornachuelos
Act I, Scene 4 -- The chapel of the monastery
INTERMISSION
Act II, Scene 1 -- The countryside near Velletri in Italy
Act II, Scene 2 -- A field hospital
Act II, Scene 3 -- A military encampment
INTERMISSION
Act III, Scene 1 -- The courtyard at the monastery, Hornachuelos
Act III, Scene 2 -- The mountain hermitage near the monastery

Media

Sponsors

The performance of October 24 is sponsored by Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc.

The performance of October 27 is sponsored by Arthur Andersen & Co.

Acknowledgements

Supertitles underwritten by Mr. & Mrs. John R. Hamilton

Notes

This production is owned by The Washington Opera

Supernumeraries were listed for the entire season; no separate opera-by-opera breakdown was published.
Here is the list:

Traude Albert
Susan Alden
Susan Anderson
Pat Angell
Elayne Ashman
Phyllis Blair
Katherine Brazaitis
Dorothy Brown
Regina Bustillos
Madeline Chase
Annette Clark
Joyce M. Clark
Brenda Czernysz
Jamie Daniels
Renée DeJarnatt
Darcy Fink
Mary Freeman
Karen Goodwyn
Mary Hanni
Joan Imbeau
Esther Jennings
Catherine Joseph
Kathleen Joyce
Andrea Kohlruss
Susan Mead
Ann Paras
Cassandra Plott
Karen Burtness Prak
Marian Reyes
Stephanie Salter
Christine Seigel
Mary Simon
Paula Sinclair
Stella Tatro
Beverly Terry
Kimberly Thompson
Mimi Timberlake
Linda Ann Unemori
Ceci Valente
Carolyn Waugh
Susan Weiss
Susan Wendt-Bogear
Caper Whitfield
Laurel Winzler
Susi Zador

Thomas Abels
Brett Allen
Ted Alves
Gene Angell
Edward E. Ash
John Atkinson
Franklin Bauer
Steve Bauman
Don Bechtel
Austin Bergin
Michael Berkowitz
Al Bernstein
David Black
Walter Blumst
Thomas Burroughs
Mark Burstein
Peter Cannon
Tom Carlisle
Rey Carolino
Joe Castrovinci
David J. Clark
David Clover
Joe Cohen
Scott Colby
Rudy Cook
Copley Crosby
Thomas E. Curran
David Dahlstrand
Peter de Petra
Brian Devine
John Dobson
Robert Dunn
Jim Dyvad
Pedro Echeandia
David Elkind
Milko N. Encinas
Timothy J. Farrelly
Peter Felleman
Angelo Festa
Tom Giuliano
Eddy J. Gordillo
Terry Gordon
Sean Greene
Stephen Greengard
Bill Higgins
Ted Hlavac
Willard Holden
Mark Huelsmann
Larry Hunnicutt
Rolf Hunt
Don Hyde
John R. Janonis
Clint Jennings
Bruce Jewett
Richard W. Johnson
Frank Jorgensen
Ron Kakiki
Keith Kamrath
Andrew Korniej
Frank Kulesza
Dan Kyte
Greg Lawrance
Sherman Lee
James Lesko
Michael Luque
Daniel Melia
Andrew E. Melomet
Ed Meyers
Kenneth Mielen
Jim Miller
Ian Mishkin
Paul Newman
Chris Noll
Kieran O'Sullivan
Richard Pallowick
Alex Pattison
William F. Perasso
Oliver Pollard
David Ransom
Brian Rawlinson
Paul Ricks
Bill Roehl
Steven Rosen
William Ruff
Louis Schilling
Paul Segal
John Sessler
Bruce Sharlow
Thomas Sherwood
Frank Sommers
Ray Souza
Travis Springer
Don Stoddard
Michael Strickland
Bob Stroman
Stanley Strosser
Raymond R. Sullivan
Kent Tayenaha
Alvin Taylor
Tom Tillman
Allen Tusting
George Weiss
Frank W. Weist
Gary Wendt-Bogear
Si Wheaton
Robert Wicks
Joe Willis
John B. Wong
Leslie York
Jerry