Composer: |
Giuseppe Verdi |
Music title: |
La forza del destino (1869) |
Librettist: |
Francesco Maria Piave |
Librettist: |
Antonio Ghislanzoni |
Work definition: |
Opera in four acts |
After: |
After the play 'Don Alvaro, o La fuerza del sino' by Angel de Saavedra, Duke of Riva, with a scene from the play 'Wallensteins Lager' by Friedrich von Schiller, translated by Andrea Maffei |
Language: |
Italian |
Notes: |
The most important changes from the original 1862 work are an expanded overture; the re-arrangement of the numbers in the latter part of the third act, and a new final scene.
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World premiere: |
27 February 1869, Teatro alla Scala, Milan |
ROH premiere: |
1 June 1931, Covent Garden Opera Syndicate Limited |
ROH company premiere: |
28 September 1962, Covent Garden Opera Company, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |
Related work: |
La forza del destino [1862]
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