Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
- Product Code: 108046
Soloists:
Violetta Urmana, Carlo Guelfi, Marcello Giordani
Orchestra, choir:
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Conductor:
Zubin Metha
Director:
Nicolas Joël
La forza del destino (The Force of Destiny), which premiered in St. Petersburg in 1862, is one of Verdi's most important operas. Its plot is complex and combines a series of intertwined twists of fate. Donna Leonora is at the center of events, together with her brother Don Carlo di Vargas and her lover Don Alvaro. The story is originally set in 18th-century Spain, but French director Nicolas Joël has moved the events to a slightly later period, the early 19th century, during the reign of the emperor. In the 2007 production at Florence's beautiful Maggio Musicale theater, conducted by frequent guest artist Zubin Mehta, Violeta Urmana plays Donna Leonora, while Carlo Guelfi and Marcello Giordani play Don Carlo and Don Alvaro.
