La Forza del Destino (1984)
3h
Running Time
March 23, 1984Release Date

Plot.
Leonora plans to elope with Don Alvaro, but he accidentally shoots and kills her father, who curses them as he dies. The lovers go on the run, but get separated. Bent on revenge, Leonora's brother Don Carlo, hunts them down.
Verdi painted an immense canvas with this dark but tuneful opera, vividly brought to life in John Dexter’s production, with sets by the great Eugene Berman. The legendary Leontyne Price is seen in one of her greatest roles, Leonora. Price’s soaring voice encompasses every nuance of Leonora’s emotion as she moves from joy through resignation to ultimate heartbreak. James Levine’s brilliant leading of the Met orchestra and chorus is a lesson in Verdi style. Giuseppe Giacomini is Alvaro, the man Leonora loves, and Leo Nucci is Don Carlo, the dark instrument of their Fate.
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Cast & Crew.

Leontyne Price
Donna Leonora

Giuseppe Giacomini
Don Alvaro

Richard Vernon
Il Marchese di Calatrava

Leo Nucci
Don Carlo

Bonaldo Giaiotti
Padre Guardiano

Isola Jones
Preziosilla

Enrico Fissore
Fra Melitone

Diane Kesling
Curra

Anthony Laciura
Trabuco

John Darrenkamp
A surgeon

James Courtney
The Mayor of Hornachuelos

Richard Vernon
The Marquis of Calatrava

James Levine
Self - Conductor / Conductor

Kirk Browning
Director

Kirk Browning
Director

Giuseppe Verdi
Original Music Composer

Jay David Saks
Music Producer

Antonio Ghislanzoni
Writer

John Dexter
Director

Francesco Maria Piave
Writer

Ángel de Saavedra
Original Story

Eugene Berman
Set Designer

Peter J. Hall
Costume Designer

Gil Wechsler
Lighting Design

Victor Callegari
Makeup Artist

Donald Mahler
Choreographer

Vivienne de Stefano
Production Secretary

Nina Lawson
Hairstylist

Michael Bronson
Executive Producer

Karen Adler Barbosa
Associate Producer

Bill King
Sound Supervisor

John Rice
Production Assistant
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