The ROH Live: La forza del destino (2019)

The ROH Live: La forza del destino (2019)

2019-04-02 United Kingdom 0 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Anna Netrebko is Donna Leonora
Donna Leonora
Jonas Kaufmann is Don Alvaro
Don Alvaro
Ludovic Tézier is Don Carlo di Vargas
Don Carlo di Vargas
Ferruccio Furlanetto is Padre Guardiano
Padre Guardiano
Alessandro Corbelli is Fra Melitone
Veronica Simeoni is Preziosilla
Preziosilla
Robert Lloyd is Marquis of Calatrava
Marquis of Calatrava
Carlo Bosi is Maestro Trabuco
Maestro Trabuco