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La Forza del Destino - Metropolitan Opera (1984)
Directed by Kirk Browning, John Dexter, Eugene Berman
Music, Drama · 3h 00m
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.
Cast
Leontyne Price
Donna Leonora
Giuseppe Giacomini
Don Alvaro
Leo Nucci
Don Carlo
Isola Jones
Preziosilla
James Courtney
The Mayor of Hornachuelos
Anthony Laciura
Trabuco
James Levine
Self - Conductor
Crew
- Director
- Kirk Browning, John Dexter, Eugene Berman
- Writer
- Antonio Ghislanzoni, Francesco Maria Piave
- Original Music Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Producer
- Samuel Paul
Details
- Release date
- 1984-03-24
- Runtime
- 3h 00m
- Genres
- Music, Drama
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- The Metropolitan Opera