Product Overview
Verdi: La Forza Del Destino (2 DVD) / Violeta Urmana / Carlo Guelfi / Marcello Giordani / Zubin Mehta /Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Maggio Danza / Zubin Mehta / 2009 DVD
Total Playtime: 189 Minutes
Region 0 NTSC
Made in Europe
UPC 824121002459
- Aspect Ratio : 16:9
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : Yes
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.75 x 5.75 x 0.53 inches; 3.2 Ounces
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Classical, NTSC
- Run time : 3 hours and 9 minutes
- Release date : January 27, 2009
- Actors : Urmana, Guelfi, Giordani
- Subtitles: : German, English, French, Spanish, Italian
- Language : Italian (Dolby Digital 5.1), Italian (DTS 5.1), Italian (Stereo)
- Studio : TDK DVD
- Number of discs : 2
In Verdi's 1869 standard version of La Forza Del Destino, star-crossed lovers Alvaro and Leonora's troubles are compounded when he accidently kills her father. Escaping to the countryside, Leonora meets her brother Don Carlo (determined to avenge their father's death) before she retires to a monastery as a hermit. Meanwhile, Alvaro goes to war, where he and Don Carlo, under false identities, form an alliance forged through the hazards of battle. The soldiers eventually wind up at the monastery, where the two lovers are united...briefly before the tragic ending. Filmed live at the Teatro Comunale in Florence, Italy in 2007, La Forza Del Destino is performed by the Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentine, nimbly conducted by Zubin Mehta, and features a strong cast that includes Violeta Urmana as Leonora, Marcello Giordani as Alvaro, and Carlo Guelfi as Don Carlo. Although the setting has been updated to the 19th century, this version--directed by Nicolas Joël--is still a very traditional production.
La forza del destino (Italian pronunciation: [la ˈfɔrtsa del deˈstiːno]; The Power of Fate, often translated The Force of Destiny) is an Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on a Spanish drama, Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino (1835), by Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, with a scene adapted from Friedrich Schiller's Wallensteins Lager (Wallenstein's Camp). It was first performed in the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre of Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 29 November 1862 O.S. (N.S. 10 November).
La forza del destino is frequently performed, and there have been a number of complete recordings. In addition, the overture (to the revised version of the opera) is part of the standard repertoire for orchestras, often played as the opening piece at concerts.
