La Forza del Destino

Overview

Leonora plans to elope with Don Alvaro, but he accidentally shoots and kills her father, who curses them as he dies. The lovers go on the run, but get separated. Bent on revenge, Leonora's brother Don Carlo, hunts them down. Verdi painted an immense canvas with this dark but tuneful opera, vividly brought to life in John Dexter’s production, with sets by the great Eugene Berman. The legendary Leontyne Price is seen in one of her greatest roles, Leonora. Price’s soaring voice encompasses every nuance of Leonora’s emotion as she moves from joy through resignation to ultimate heartbreak. James Levine’s brilliant leading of the Met orchestra and chorus is a lesson in Verdi style. Giuseppe Giacomini is Alvaro, the man Leonora loves, and Leo Nucci is Don Carlo, the dark instrument of their Fate.

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Cast

Leontyne Price

Donna Leonora

Giuseppe Giacomini

Don Alvaro

Leo Nucci

Don Carlo

Bonaldo Giaiotti

Padre Guardiano

Isola Jones

Preziosilla

Enrico Fissore

Fra Melitone

Diane Kesling

Curra

Anthony Laciura

Trabuco

John Darrenkamp

A surgeon

James Courtney

The Mayor of Hornachuelos