Giuseppe Verdi : La forza del destino

2011 2h 59m IT

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Synopsis

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Donna Leonora, daughter of the Marquis of Calatrava, is about to flee secretly with her lover Don Alvaro (son of the Viceroy of Mexico and an Inca princess). The Marquis bursts in unexpectedly. Alvaro hesitates to raise his weapon against his lover’s father and throws his pistol. As it falls, the pistol goes off and the Marquis is mortally wounded. As he lies dying, he curses his daughter. Don Carlo di Vargas, Leonora’s brother, resolves to avenge his sister and her fiancé for their father’s death. In the turmoil of the chase, Leonora and Alvaro lose track of one another... ‘La forza del destino’ is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, adapted from the play ‘Don Álvaro o la fuerza del destino’ (Spain, 1835) by Ángel de Saavedra, the Duke of Rivas. Premiered on 10 November 1862 at the Imperial Theatre in Saint Petersburg. From the box set of 27 Verdi operas “Tutto Verdi”. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on 2 and 5 February 2011.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Aquiles Machado
Don Alvaro, figlio del viceré del Messico e di una principessa Inca
Dimitra Theodossiou
Donna Leonora, figlia del marchese di Calatrava
Vladimir Stoyanov
Don Carlo di Vargas, fratello di Leonora
Mariana Pentcheva
Preziosilla
Roberto Scandiuzzi
Padre Guardiano
Carlo Lepore
Frá Melitone
Ziyan Atfeh
Il Marchese di Calatrava
Adriana Da Paola
Curra

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tiziano Mancini
Writers: Ángel de Saavedra, Francesco Maria Piave
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 179 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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RUNTIME

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Part of the "Tutto Verdi (2018)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Giuseppe Verdi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Aquiles Machado and Dimitra Theodossiou and Vladimir Stoyanov carry the top of the cast.

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IMDB entry: tt2812398 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Tiziano Mancini directs. Giuseppe Verdi scores. A long sit — settle in. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 179 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 15 years ago.
3Part of the "Tutto Verdi (2018)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Original score by Giuseppe Verdi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Aquiles Machado and Dimitra Theodossiou and Vladimir Stoyanov carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt2812398 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Original score: Giuseppe Verdi
Runtime: 179 min · 2h 59m
Status: Released
Original language: IT
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Giuseppe Verdi : La forza del destino (2011)

Part of

Tutto Verdi (2018)

In 2013, to mark the bicentenary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth, the Teatro Regio di Parma and Unitel Classica joined forces to bring a truly unique project to fruition. The composer’s 26 operas, as well as the [i]Requiem Mass[/i], which is closely linked to these operas, are all included. Most of them will be performed and recorded in audio-video in Parma and the surrounding area. A unique box set of 27 Blu-rays. For the very first time, and to mark this anniversary, the complete works of Verdi’s operas in high definition and surround sound, released on Blu-ray by C Major Entertainment.