Verdi
La Forza del Destino 

March 9, 2024 at 12pm
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Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s grand tale of ill-fated love, deadly vendettas, and family strife, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen as the noble Leonora, one of the repertory’s most tormented—and thrilling—heroines.

Director Mariusz Trelinski delivers the company’s first new Forza in nearly 30 years; setting the scene in a contemporary world and making extensive use of the Met’s stage turntable to represent the unstoppable advance of destiny that drives the opera’s chain of calamitous events.

The distinguished cast also features tenor Brian Jagde as Leonora’s forbidden beloved, Don Alvaro; baritone Igor Golovatenko as her vengeful brother, Don Carlo; bass-baritone Patrick Carfizzi as Fra Melitone; and bass Soloman Howard as both Leonora’s father and Padre Guardiano
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THE CAST

Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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Lise Davidsen as Leonora
Judit Kutasi as Preziosilla
Brian Jagde as  Don Alvaro
Igor Golovatenko as Don Carlo
Patrick Carfizzi as Melitone
Soloman Howard as Marquis of Calatrava and Padre Guardiano

RUNTIME

4 Hours and 20 Minutes with 2 Intermissions