Leyla Gencer Archive

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Opera in four acts in Italian
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave after a Spanish drama by Duke of Rivas Don Alvaro o La Fuerza de Sino
Premièr at Bolshoi Kamenny, St. Petersburg – 10 November 1862

17, 19, 22 March 1969

DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM [17 & 22]

MIAMI BEACH AUDITORIUM [19]

Opera Guild of Greater Miami

Conductor: Emerson Buckley
Chorus master: n/a
Stage director: Anthony Stivanello
Scene and costumes: n/a

Donna Leonora di Vargas LEYLA GENCER soprano
Preziosilla a gypsy JANE BARBIE mezzo-soprano
Don Alvaro BRUNO PREVEDI tenor
Don Carlo di Vargas Leonora’s Brother MANUEL AUSENSI baritone
Padre Guardiano a Franciscan monk RUGGERO RAIMONDI bass
Marchese di Calatrava Leonora’s father ANDREW FOLDI bass
Fra Malitone a Franciscan monk ARNOLD VOKETAITIS baritone
Curra Leonora’s maid n/a mezzo-soprano
The Mayor of Hornachuelos n/a bass
Trabuco a muleteer n/a tenor
A Surgeon n/a tenor

Time: Middle of Eighteenth Century
Place: Spain and Italy

C A N C E L L E D

Gencer cancelled the performances because the halls have no prompter.

CONTRACT FOR THE PERFORMANCES

1967.08.25