Details

Don Alvaro and the beautiful Leonora plan to elope, but when her father is killed by a stray bullet from Alvaro's gun, it triggers an inescapable chain of events. Forced to flee as they are pursued by her brother, who has sworn vengeance, the characters are thrown together and torn apart in a series of coincidental meetings. The other-worldly presence throughout, of the carefree Preziosilla, provides a constant reminder that the force of destiny really is unstoppable.

Creatives/Company

Music: Verdi
Lyrics: Francesco Maria Piave

Archive listings for La forza del Destino

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

T01891721843 Sung in Italian with English surtitlesProducer The Royal Opera. Producer Dutch National Opera. Director Christof Loy. Design Christian Schmidt. Lighting Olaf Winter. Choreographer Otto Pichler. DramaturgKlaus Bertisch. Performer Julia Rausing. Performer Hans Rausing.
19 Sep 23 to 9 Oct 23	Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L252262204
T196076422 Sung in Italian with English surtitlesCompany Royal Opera. Conductor Antonio Pappano. Director Christof Loy (original director). Director Georg Zlabinger (associate director). Design Christian Schmidt. Design Federico Pacher (associate designer). Lighting Olaf Winter. Choreographer Otto Pichler. Choreographer Johanne Stepanek (associate choreographer). DramaturgKlaus Bertisch.
17 Apr 19 to 22 Apr 19	Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L01121946081
T929110666 Sung in Italian with English and Welsh surtitles.Company Welsh National Opera. Conductor Carlo Rizzi (not Plymouth Mar 27). Conductor Kerem Hasan (Plymouth Mar 27). Director David Pountney. Design Raimund Bauer. Costume Marie-Jeanne Lecca. Lighting Fabrice Kebour. Choreographer Michael Spenceley. Performer Mary Elizabeth Williams (Leonora - not Apr 21). Performer Claire Rutter (Leonora - Apr 21). Performer Gwyn Hughes Jones (Don Alvaro). Performer Justina Gringyte (Preziosilla / Curra). Performer Luis Cansino (Don Carlo Di Vargas). Performer Miklos Sebestyen (Il Marchese di Calatrava / Padre Guardiano). Performer Donald Maxwell (Fra Melltone). Performer Alun Rhys-Jenkins (Mastro Trabuco). Performer Wyn Pencarreg (Alcade).
21 Apr 18	Venue Cymru (formerly - North Wales Theatre), Llandudno :: V848 listing details L01177362420
14 Apr 18	Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol :: V856 listing details L01271022771
7 Apr 18	Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes :: V754 listing details L0960435145
27 Mar 18	Theatre Royal Plymouth, Plymouth :: V895 listing details L0846770940
21 Mar 18	Mayflower Theatre, Southampton :: V774 listing details L01102899666
6 Mar 18	Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham :: V145 listing details L0583517673
2 Feb 18 to 17 Feb 18	Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff :: V1984858935 listing details L229691548
T01644028905 Sung in Italian with English surtitlesProducer Holland Park Opera. Company City of London Sinfonia. Conductor Stuart Stratford. Director Martin Duncan. Design Alison Chitty. Lighting Mark Jonathan. Choreographer Paul Kitson. Performer Anne Jeffers (Leonora Gweneth). Performer Peter Auty (Don Alvaro). Performer Mark Stone (Don Carlo). Performer Mikhail Svetlov (Padre Guardiano). Performer Graeme Broadbent (Marquis di Calatrava). Performer Carole Wilson (Preziosilla). Performer Donald Maxwell (Fra Melitone). Performer Olivia Ray (Curra). Performer Aled Hall (Trabuco). Performer William Robert Allenby (L'alcade / Surgeon).
27 Jul 10 to 14 Aug 10	Opera Holland Park - Open Air Theatre, Inner London :: V203 listing details L1811136558
T1028108063 Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Running time 3 hours 45 mins.Producer Royal Opera House. Corporate Sponsor Jean Sainsbury Royal Opera House Fund. Director Hugo de Ana. Conductor Riccardo Muti. Design Hugo de Ana. Performer Violeta Urmana (Leonora). Performer Salvatore Licitra (Don Alvaro). Performer Ambrogio Maestri (Don Carlos di Vargas). Performer Ferruccio Furlanetto (Padre Guardiano). Performer Luciana D'Intino (Preziosilla). Performer Roberto de Candia (Fra Melitone). Performer Brindley Sherratt (Brindley Sherratt (Marchese di Calatrava). Performer Peter Bronder (Mastro Trabuco). Performer Liora Grodnikaite (Curra). Performer Jonathan May (Alcalde).
16 Oct 04 to 6 Nov 04	Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L0371635114
T01167114017 Conductor Valery Gergiev. Performer Galina Gorchakova (Leonora). Performer Gegam Grigorian (Alvaro). Performer Nikolau Putilin (Don Carlo).
1 Dec 01	Barbican Centre, West End :: V371 listing details L0762970858
T1963657861 Historical Production (1862). After original designs by [Andreas Roller].Company Kirov Opera. Conductor Gianandrea Noseda. Director Elijah Moshinsky. Design Andrei Voitenko. Costume Peter J Hall. Performer Gegam Grigorian (Don Alvaro). Performer Irina Godei (Leanora). Performer Nikolai Putilin (Don Carlo). Performer Mikhail Kit (Padre Guardiano).
14 Jul 01	Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L01749177580
T709148652 Spoken dialogue in English, sung in Italian.Company Candid Opera Company.
28 May 97 to 30 May 97	Fairfield Halls, Outer London :: V295 listing details L0163938089
23 May 97	Capitol Horsham (formerly Horsham Arts Centre), Horsham :: V723 listing details L047526179
9 May 97 to 10 May 97	Bloomsbury Theatre, Inner London :: V170 listing details L970158062
6 May 97 to 7 May 97	Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe :: V749 listing details L0987526590
29 Apr 97 to 1 May 97	Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks :: V688 listing details L449433548