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    La forza del destino

    (Original Version)

     

    1996 Sarasota Opera Production
    March 22 and 26

     

    Melodramma In Four Acts, Sung In Italian
    Poetry By Francesco Maria Piave
    Based On The Play “Don Alvaro, O La Fuerza Del Sino”

     by Ángel Pérez De Saavedra, Duke Of Rivas

    The first professional production

    of this opera since 1870

    1/5

    Conductor

    Victor DeRenzi


    Stage Director

    Michael Scarola


    Scenic Designer

    David P. Gordon


    Costume Designer

    Helen E. Rodgers


    Lighting Designer

    Joseph Oshry


    Wigs And Make-Up Designers

    Elsen Associates


    Chorus Preparation

    Elizabeth Hastings


    Assistant Conductor

    Elaine Rinaldi


    Choreographer

    Sabirjan Yapparov


    Fight Choreographer

    Jeff A.R. Jones


    Opera Titles

    Aria Productions


    Surtitle Translation

    Ray Chesin And Michael Scarola

     

    New Production Created By Sarasota Opera

     

     

    Cast

     

    The Marquis of Calatrava

     James Wood

     

    Donna Leonora, his daughter

    Tamara Wright

     

    Don Carlo di Vargas, his son

    Lawrence Alexander

     

    Don Alvaro

    Robin Reed

     

    Preziosilla, a young Gypsy

    Lorraine Disimone

     

    Padre Guardiano, a Franciscan monk

    Matthew Lau

     

    Fra Melitone, a Franciscan lay brother

    Stephen Eisenhard

     

    Curra, Leonora's maid

    Elizabeth Shammash*

     

    An Alcade

    Joel Jameson**

     

    Trabuco, a muleteer

    Michael Hendrick

     

    A Surgeon

    Christopher Roselli**

     

     

    * Apprentice Artist
    **Studio Artist

     

    Sarasota Opera Orchestra
    Chorus: Sarasota Opera Apprentice and Studio Artists

     

     

    Reviews

     

    “The Sarasota production, the first U.S. professional mounting of the original La forza del destino, was well sung and well conducted by Victor DeRenzi … Bravos to Sarasota Opera’s Forza troupe for the hard work and intelligence they brought to learning and singing two versions of this opera.”
    —Joseph Kerman, Opera News

     

    (Photos: Sarasota Opera)

     

     

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