La forza del destino

La forza del destino is an Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on a Spanish drama, Don Alvaro o La Fuerza de Sino (1835), by Angel de Saavedra, Duke of Rivas, with a scene adapted from Friedrich Schiller's Wallensteins Lager.

Related Topics:
Opera - Giuseppe Verdi - Libretto - Francesco Maria Piave - Angel de Saavedra - Friedrich Schiller

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It was first performed in St. Petersburg on 10 November 1862. (A revised version, with additions by Antonio Ghislanzoni premiered at the La Scala, Milan, on 27 February 1869.)

Related Topics:
St. Petersburg - 10 November - 1862 - Antonio Ghislanzoni - La Scala - Milan - 27 February - 1869

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Performances in Rome 1863 (as Don Alvaro) and Madrid (with the Duke of Rivas, the play's author, in attendance) followed shortly afterwards, and the opera subsequentlly travelled to New York and Vienna (1865), Buenos Aires (1866) and London (1867).

Related Topics:
Rome - Madrid - New York - Vienna - Buenos Aires - London

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La forza del destino is part of the standard operatic repertoire. There are a number of recordings of it, and it is reguarly performed.

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