La Forza del Destino
One of Verdi's most complex and tuneful operas, live from the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden, with Salvatore Licitra making his house debut in one of the most difficult tenor roles in the repertoire. Leonora's elopement with her lover goes horribly wrong when her father is shot trying to prevent it.
Hoyal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Antonio Pappano Acts 1 and 2 7.20 Interval: Opera Box Stephanie Hughes talks to Professor Roger Parker about Verdi's "opera of ideas", and Sarah Lenton explores the passionate Spanish culture in this opera.
7.50 Act 3
8.50 Twenty Minutes: A Sorrowful
Knowledge Paul Bailey explores the haunted, elegiac world of the novels of Giorgio Bassani , author of The Garden of the Finzi Continis.
9.10 Act 4