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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

12, 15 February 1961

Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Conductor: Antonino Votto

Chorus master: Norberto Mola

Stage director: Mario Frigerio

Scene and costumes: Nicola Benois

Donna Leonora di Vargas LEYLA GENCER soprano

Preziosilla a gypsy GABRIELLA CARTURAN mezzo-soprano
Don Alvaro FLAVIANO LABO’ tenor
Don Carlo di Vargas Leonora’s Brother CARLO MELICIANI baritone
Padre Guardiano a Franciscan monk NICOLAI GHIAUROV bass
Marchese di Calatrava Leonora’s father SILVIO MAIONICA bass
Fra Malitone a Franciscan monk RENATO CAPECCHI baritone
Curra Leonora’s maid STEFANIA MALAGU’ mezzo-soprano
The Mayor of Hornachuelos FRANCO PIVA baritone
Trabuco a muleteer FRANCO RICCIARDI tenore

Time: Middle of Eighteenth Century

Place: Spain and Italy

Photos © ERIO PICCAGLIANI, Milano

Sketches © NICOLA BENOIS