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  • Giuseppe Verdi, La forza del destino
    • Overture
    • I. "Buona notte, mia figlia"
    • I. "Temea restasse qui fino a domani"
    • I. "Me pellegrina e orfana"
    • II. Scena 1: "Padre Eterno Signor"
    • II. Scena 1: "Sta bene"
    • II. Scena 2: "Son giunta! Grazie, o Dio!"
    • II. Scena 2: "Chi siete?"
    • II. Scena 2: "Chi mi cerca?"
    • II. Scena 3: "Il santo nome"
    • II. Scena 3: "La Vergine degli angeli"
    • III. Scena 1: "Attenti al gioco, attenti"
    • III. Scena 1: "La vita è inferno all'infelice"
    • III. Scena 1: "Al tradimento"
    • III. Scena 1: "Solenne in quest'ora"
    • III. Scena 2: "A buon mercato chi vuol comprare"
    • III. Scena 2: "Compagni, sostiamo"
    • IV. Scena 1: "Fate la carità"
    • IV. Scena 1: "Invano Alvaro"
    • IV. Scena 2: "Pace, pace, mio Dio"
    • IV. Scena 2: "Non imprecare, umiliati"

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About

In the same vein as Alessandro Manzoni's The Betrothed, the incredibly influential novel that marked the unification of Italy (linguistically and nationalistically), La Forza del destino is a quintessentially Italian opera from start to finish. The two works bear numerous similarities: themes of religion and providence, a historical framework set amid war in Italy, impossible love stories… The opera's plot is straightforward: Donna Leonora, the 20-year-old daughter of the Marquis de Calatrava, falls in love with Don Alvaro, but his inferior social status leads Leonora's father to oppose their union. Fleeing her unhappy fate, Leonora decides to live as a hermit in a distant monastery, but the arrival of her brother Don Carlo ultimately leads to a tragic end…

The Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège pays tribute to the cultural roots of Verdi's musical drama with an international and largely Italian cast, from an excellent staging by Francesco Maestrini and a superb turn at the podium by Paolo Arrivabeni to remarkable onstage performances by Fabio Armiliato (Don Alvaro), Daniela Dessì (Donna Leonora), and Giovanni Meoni (Don Carlo).

Cast

  • Francesco Maestrini | Stage director
  • Guillermo Nova | Set designer
  • Luca Dall'Alpi | Costumes
  • Pascal Mérat | Lighting
  • Tim Delporte | Dancer
  • Edith Quignon | Choreographer
  • Fabio Armiliato | Don Alvaro
  • Daniela Dessì | Donna Leonora di Vargas
  • Giovanni Meoni | Don Carlo di Vargas
  • Domenico Balzani | Fra Melitone
  • Carla Dirlikov | Preziosilla
  • Luciano Montanaro | Il Padre Guardiano
  • Pierre Gathier | Il Marchese di Calatrava
  • Laura Balidemaj | Curra
  • Giovanni Iovino | Trabuco
  • Alexei Gorbatchev | Un alcade
  • Benoît Delvaux | Un chirurgo
  • Chorus of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège
  • Marcel Seminara | Chorus director

Program

  • Giuseppe Verdi, La forza del destino
    • Overture
    • I. "Buona notte, mia figlia"
    • I. "Temea restasse qui fino a domani"
    • I. "Me pellegrina e orfana"
    • II. Scena 1: "Padre Eterno Signor"
    • II. Scena 1: "Sta bene"
    • II. Scena 2: "Son giunta! Grazie, o Dio!"
    • II. Scena 2: "Chi siete?"
    • II. Scena 2: "Chi mi cerca?"
    • II. Scena 3: "Il santo nome"
    • II. Scena 3: "La Vergine degli angeli"
    • III. Scena 1: "Attenti al gioco, attenti"
    • III. Scena 1: "La vita è inferno all'infelice"
    • III. Scena 1: "Al tradimento"
    • III. Scena 1: "Solenne in quest'ora"
    • III. Scena 2: "A buon mercato chi vuol comprare"
    • III. Scena 2: "Compagni, sostiamo"
    • IV. Scena 1: "Fate la carità"
    • IV. Scena 1: "Invano Alvaro"
    • IV. Scena 2: "Pace, pace, mio Dio"
    • IV. Scena 2: "Non imprecare, umiliati"

Details

  • Directed by:
    • Frédéric Caillierez
  • Venue: Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège (Liège, Belgium)
  • Production date: 2013
  • Duration: 2 h 50 min
  • Production: © ARTE G.E.I.E. / OXYMORE / ORW WEB STYLE PRODUCTIONS / JIM & JULES
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