Royal Opera House: La Forza del Destino (2019)
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
Donna Leonora
Jonas Kaufmann
Don Alvaro
Ludovic Tézier
Don Carlo di Vargas
Ferruccio Furlanetto
Padre Guardiano
Alessandro Corbelli
Fra Melitone
Robert Lloyd
Marquis of Calatrava
