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     La forza del destino

    (Revised Version)

     

    1996 Sarasota Opera Production

    February 10, 13, 15, 18m, 23, 28, March 2m , 10, 14, 24

     

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    Melodramma In Four Acts, Sung In Italian
    Poetry By Francesco Maria Piave

    With Revisions By Antonio Ghislanzoni
    Based On The Play “Don Alvaro, O La Fuerza Del Sino” 

    by Ángel Pérez De Saavedra, Duke Of Rivas

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    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

     

    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 / Theodore Lambrinos


    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

     

    “Powerfully fun.”
    —John Fleming, St. Petersburg Times

     

    “Sarasota Opera’s Destino a force to be reckoned with.”
    —Virginia Page, Bradenton Herald

     

    (Photos: Sarasota Opera)

     

    2016 created by Sarasota Opera. sarasotaopera.org

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