Backdrop image for movie The ROH Live: La forza del destino

The ROH Live: La forza del destino (2019)

Verdi's sweepingly ambitious opera on war, religion, love and fate is given a cinematic staging by Christof Loy. The Marquis of Calatrava forbids his daughter Leonora to marry the South American nobleman Don Alvaro. The lovers attempt to elope, but the Marquis catches them. In the ensuing altercation, Alvaro accidentally kills the Marquis, who curses his daughter as he dies. Leonora and Alvaro become separated during their escape. Leonora's brother Don Carlo di Vargas decides to find them and avenge his father.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Anna NetrebkoAnna NetrebkoDonna Leonora
  • Photo of Jonas KaufmannJonas KaufmannDon Alvaro
  • Photo of Ludovic TézierLudovic TézierDon Carlo di Vargas
  • Photo of Ferruccio FurlanettoFerruccio FurlanettoPadre Guardiano
  • Photo of Alessandro CorbelliAlessandro CorbelliFra Melitone
  • Photo of Veronica SimeoniVeronica SimeoniPreziosilla
  • Photo of Robert LloydRobert LloydMarquis of Calatrava
  • Photo of Roberta AlexanderRoberta AlexanderCurra
  • Photo of Michael MofidianMichael MofidianAlcalde
  • Photo of Carlo BosiCarlo BosiMaestro Trabuco

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