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26/12/2015

Verdi's The Force of Destiny

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Donald Macleod presents an ENO production of Verdi's opera The Force of Destiny.

Donald Macleod presents an ENO production of Verdi's opera The Force of Destiny, conducted by Mark Wigglesworth. With a cast led by Tamara Wilson and Gwyn Hughes Jones.

Verdi's The Force of Destiny, recorded last month at the London Coliseum. Mark Wigglesworth conducts the ENO orchestra and chorus, as well as a superb cast lead by the soprano Tamara Wilson in a critically acclaimed performance as Donna Leonora, and the tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones as her lover Don Alvaro. Don Carlo di Vargas is sung by the baritone Anthony Michaels-Moore. Drawing from deep personal references, Calixto Bieito directs this new production at the English National Opera staging this tale of love and revenge - with the main characters incapable of escaping their doomed fate - in the middle of the Spanish Civil War. Presented by Donald Macleod. 

Donna Leonora..... Tamara Wilson (soprano)
Don Alvaro..... Gwyn Hughes Jones (tenor)
Don Carlo di Vargas..... Anthony Michaels-Moore (baritone)
Padre Guardiano..... James Creswell (bass)
Fra Melitone..... Andrew Shore (baritone)
Preziosilla..... Rinat Shaham (mezzo-soprano)
Marquis of Calatrava..... Matthew Best (bass)
Curra..... Clare Presland (mezzo-soprano)
Trabuco..... Adrian Dwyer (tenor)
Alcalde..... Nicholas Folwell (baritone)

The Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera
Mark Wigglesworth (conductor).

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