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The Force of Destiny

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Opera in four acts
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
New English translation by Tom Hammond
Music by Verdi The production by Sadler's Wells Opera at the London Coliseum
Producer, Colin Graham
The action takes place In Spain about the middle of the eighteenth century.
ACT 1
Outside Seville: the house of the Marquis of Calatrava
ACT 2
The village of Homachuelos, some weeks later
Scene 1. A tavern
Scene 2. Outside the monastery of the Madonna of the Angels, the same night
Scene 3. Inside the monastery church

Music Programme: The Force of Destiny
In the production by Sadler's Wells Opera at the London Coliseum
Cast in order of singing:

Contributors

Unknown:
Francesco Maria Piave
Translation By:
Tom Hammond
Producer:
Colin Graham
The Marquis of Calatrava:
Eric Stannard (bass)
Donna Leonora di Vargas, his daughter:
Pauline Tinsley (soprano)
Curra, her maid:
Anna Cooper (mezzo-soprano)
Don Alvaro, Leonora's lover:
Donald Smith (tenor)
The Mayor of Homachuelos:
Gerwyn Morgan (bass)
Don Carlo di Vargas, Leonora's brother:
Robert Bickerstaff (baritone)
Trabuco, a muleteer:
John Fryatt (tenor)
Preziosilla, a gypsy:
Joyce Blackham (mezzo-soprano)
Franciscans - Friar Melitone:
Derek Hammond-Stroud (baritone)
The Father Superior:
Don Garrard (bass)
A surgeon in the Spanish army:
Tom McDonnell (baritone)
Muleteers, Spanish and French soldiers and peasants, Spanish recruits, Franciscans, beggars:
Sadler's Wells Chorus
Chorus-Master:
John Barker
Chorus-Master:
Hazel Vivienne
Musicians:
Sadler's Wells Orchestra
Leader,:
John Sealey
Conducted by:
Bryan Balkwill

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