Royal Opera House: La Forza del Destino

Overview

Verdi's sweepingly ambitious opera on war, religion, love and fate is given a cinematic staging by Christof Loy. The Marquis of Calatrava forbids his daughter Leonora to marry the South American nobleman Don Alvaro. The lovers attempt to elope, but the Marquis catches them. In the ensuing altercation, Alvaro accidentally kills the Marquis, who curses his daughter as he dies. Leonora and Alvaro become separated during their escape. Leonora's brother Don Carlo di Vargas decides to find them and avenge his father.

Directed by Christof Loy, Georg Zlabinger

Top cast

Anna Netrebko

Donna Leonora

Jonas Kaufmann

Don Alvaro

Ludovic Tézier

Don Carlo di Vargas

Ferruccio Furlanetto

Padre Guardiano

Alessandro Corbelli

Fra Melitone

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Veronica Simeoni

Preziosilla

Robert Lloyd

Marquis of Calatrava

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Roberta Alexander

Curra

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Michael Mofidian

Alcalde

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Carlo Bosi

Maestro Trabuco

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Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

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