La forza del destino
(Revised Version)
1996 Sarasota Opera Production
February 10, 13, 15, 18m, 23, 28, March 2m , 10, 14, 24
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
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)