La forza del Destino

Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe

Librettist/Text Author: Piave, Francesco Maria

Conductor: Mehta, Zubin

Orchestra: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Ballet

Chorus: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Lang, Thomas

Curra: Marin, Elisabeta

Don Alvaro: Licitra, Salvatore

Don Carlo di Vargas: Alvarez, Carlos

Donna Leonora: Stemme, Nina

Fra Melitone: Bracci, Tiziano

Il Marchese di Calatrava: Miles, Alastair

Mastro Trabuco: Roider, Michael

Padre Guardiano: Miles, Alastair

Preziosilla: Krasteva, Nadia

Un alcalde: Dumitrescu, Dan Paul

Un chirurgo: Unterreiner, Clemens

Set Designer: Hudson, Richard

Costume Designer: Hudson, Richard

Lighting Designer: Kebour, Fabrice

Choreographer: Vollack, Beate

Stage Director: Pountney, David

Television Director: Fibich, Karina

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Date of Production: 2008

Venue: Vienna State Opera

Playing Time: 02:40:41

Catalogue Number: A04001535

Synopsis

La forza del Destino

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"The cast is a dream team", wrote the Financial Times after the premiere of this production of Verdi's La forza del destino at the Wiener Staatsoper. At the top of the list is soprano Nina Stemme, who gives a full-blooded portrayal of Leonora. Passionate, forceful readings are also provided by Salvatore Licitra as Alvaro, Leonora's lover, and by Carlos Alvarez as Don Carlo, Leonora's vengeful brother. Zubin Mehta leads the Staatsoper Orchestra with agility, subtleness and relaxed mastery. Director David Pountney establishes the randomness of fate at the outset in a video depicting a butterfly flapping its wings and setting fortune's wheel into motion.