La Forza del destino - Opera - Season 18/19 Programming

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La Forza del destino

Opéra Bastille - from 06 June to 09 July 2019

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La Forza del destino

Opera Giuseppe Verdi

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Opéra Bastille - from 06 June to 09 July 2019

3h50 with 2 intervals

Surtitle : French / English

Opening nith : 6 June 2019

About

In few words:

When the curtain rises, Don Alvaro is about to flee with Leonora. Alas, the two lovers are caught in the act by Leonora’s father. Alvaro throws his pistols to the ground but one of them goes off and kills the father. The force of destiny is pitiless and laughs at the fates of men. A grand fresco abounding in dramatic twists, La Forza del destino is also a work deeply rooted in its own time. In 1861, Verdi agreed to stand for parliament to pursue his political ideals. However, the Risorgimento was floundering and the composer fell prey to doubt. His dark melancholy suffuses “La Forza”. The opera becomes a place where dreams are shattered against the wall of reality but where a fragile song of hope of enrapturing beauty is to be heard.

Opening
First part 80 mn
Intermission 30 mn
Second part 60 mn
Intermission 20 mn
Third part 40 mn
End

La Forza del destino

Opera in four acts

Music :

Giuseppe Verdi

Libretto :

Francesco Maria Piave

Conductor :

Nicola Luisotti

Director :

Jean-Claude Auvray

Set design :

Alain Chambon

Costume design :

Maria Chiara Donato

Lighting design :

Laurent Castaingt

Choreography :

Terry John Bates

Collaboration to the choreograhy :

Paolo Ferri

Chorus master :

José Luis Basso
Original production by Jean-Claude Auvray, revival directed by Stephen Taylor

Orchestre et Chœurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
Coproduction avec le Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelone
Il Marchese di Calatrava :

Carlo Cigni

Donna Leonora :

Anja Harteros

Elena Stikhina

Don Carlo di Vargas :

Željko Lučić

Don Alvaro :

Brian Jagde

Preziosilla :

Varduhi Abrahamyan

Padre Guardiano :

Rafal Siwek

Fra Melitone :

Gabriele Viviani

Curra :

Majdouline Zerari

Mastro Trabuco :

Rodolphe Briand

Un Alcade :

Lucio Prete

Un Chirurgo :

Laurent Laberdesque

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