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Edinburgh International Festival: The Glyndebourne Opera presents the third act of ' LA FORZA DEL DESTINO'

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(' The Force of Destiny') sung in Italian
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Cast in order of singing:
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
(Chorus-Master. John Pritchard )
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, David McCallum )
Conductor. Fritz Busch Produced by Carl Ebert
The action takes place in Spain and Italy, in the middle of the eighteenth century
From the King's Theatre. Edinburgh

Contributors

Unknown:
Francesco Maria Piave
Music By:
Giuseppe Verdi
Chorus-Master:
John Pritchard
Leader:
David McCallum
Conductor:
Fritz Busch
Produced By:
Carl Ebert
Fra Melitone, a monk:
Owen Brannigan
Fra Guardiano. Abbot of the Monas tery of Hornachuelos:
Bruce Dargavel
Don Carlo di Vargas, the Marquis of Calatrava's son and Leonora's brother:
Marko Rothmüller
Don Alvaro, a Peruvian of Inca descent, in love with Leonora:
David Poleri
Leonora, the Marquis of Calatrava's daughter:
Walburga Wegner
Source: Radio Times

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