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Giuseppe Verdi - La Forza del Destino
“Teatro alla Scala”
6.0 / 10• 2024• 3h 29m•NR• English
Music
Storyline
Riccardo Chailly inaugurates the 2024-2025 Opera Season with a new production of La forza del destino, conducting his ninth Verdi title at La Scala. Leo Muscato will direct yet another cast of extraordinary prestige. A complex opera in terms of dramaturgy, first performed in St. Petersburg in 1862 and debuting in its final form at La Scala in 1869 with the creation of the famous overture, La forza del destino offers some of the most memorable Verdi melodies. It has been absent from the programme since the Verdi centennial in 2001, when it was brought to La Scala by the artists of the Mariinsky Theatre of St. Petersburg; the La Scala Orchestra and Choir have not performed it since 1999.
Cast & Crew
FB
Fabrizio Beggi
Il marchese di Calatrava
Lead
Anna Netrebko
Donna Leonora
Ludovic Tézier
Don Carlo di Vargas
Brian Jagde
Don Alvaro
VB
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya
Preziosilla
Alexander Vinogradov
Padre guardiano
MF
Marco Filippo Romano
Fra Melitone
MR
Marcela Rahal
Curra
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Arnalda Canali's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Giuseppe Verdi - La Forza del Destino is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
