La Forza del Destino (1984)
• March 23rd, 1984 • 3h 0min
Music, Drama
Overview
Leonora plans to elope with Don Alvaro, but he accidentally shoots and kills her father, who curses them as he dies. The lovers go on the run, but get separated. Bent on revenge, Leonora's brother Don Carlo, hunts them down. Verdi painted an immense canvas with this dark but tuneful opera, vividly brought to life in John Dexter’s production, with sets by the great Eugene Berman. The legendary Leontyne Price is seen in one of her greatest roles, Leonora. Price’s soaring voice encompasses every nuance of Leonora’s emotion as she moves from joy through resignation to ultimate heartbreak. James Levine’s brilliant leading of the Met orchestra and chorus is a lesson in Verdi style. Giuseppe Giacomini is Alvaro, the man Leonora loves, and Leo Nucci is Don Carlo, the dark instrument of their Fate.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Moonstruck
Released on: 1987-12-16
Comedy, Drama, Romance
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts...
Rigoletto
Released on: 2004-12-01
Drama, Music
In Rigoletto, the deformed figure of the hunchbacked jester at the Mantuan court acts as a foil to h...
Arabella
Released on: 1994-11-03
Music, Documentary
Arabella, Op. 79, is a lyric comedy or opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto b...
Farinelli
Released on: 1994-12-01
History, Drama, Music
The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singe...
La Finta Giardiniera
Released on: 2006-01-07
Music
Part of an epoch-making release of Mozart's complete operas on DVD, here is the 18-year old composer...
Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Released on: 2004-11-16
Drama, Music
Witness the Zurich Opera's stunning production of Richard Wagner's masterpiece "Tannhauser," conduct...
Manon Lescaut
Released on: 1983-12-28
Music
The sets and costumes by Ponnelle are truly reflective of the 'grand style'. Plus the fact that the ...
The Pirates of Penzance
Released on: 2020-12-28
Music
Sasha Regan’s award-winning All-male Company are set to lift everyone’s spirits with a treat in thei...
Gianni Schicchi
Released on: 2015-10-13
Music
Woody Allen's production of the Puccini comic opera at LA Opera in 2015
Werther
Released on: 2005-11-05
Music
Filmed at the Vienna State Opera in 2005, Andrei Serban's production of Massenet's opera with a late...
The Great Waltz
Released on: 1955-11-04
TV Movie, Music
Johann Strauss, Jr., a would-be composer of waltzes in mid-19th Century Vienna, attempts to thwart h...
Mitridate Re Di Ponto
Released on: 2006-03-01
Music
The definitive version of this rare opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The costume and set design is ...
The Merchant of Venice - Bregenzer Festspiele
Released on: 2014-08-26
Drama, Romance
Set in Venice during the Renaissance, the drama centres on Bassanio, a young nobleman who would like...
Die Entführung aus dem Paradies
Released on: 2009-09-21
Music
The man looks back on a turbulent love life, which he does not dare to opt definitively for a perman...
Operette
Released on: 1940-12-20
Music, Drama
A musician is offered a job in Vienna as stage director, but his disagreements with the aristocratic...
Lucia di Lammermoor
Released on: 1983-09-28
Music, Drama
This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first ...
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio
Released on: 2003-10-15
Music
Two years prior to the opening scene, the nobleman Florestan has exposed or attempted to expose cert...
Sternenhoch
Released on: 2019-09-27
Drama, Music
Trapped in an abusive marriage, a wealthy German prince desperately seeks a way out. But what appear...
Parsifal
Released on: 2016-09-09
Music
Wagner’s mystic masterpiece Parsifal at the Staatsoper Berlin, staged by Dmitri Tcherniakov and cond...