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La forza del destino-18 October 2004 Evening 6.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Antonio Pappano
Chorus Director Renato Balsadonna
Concert Master Vasko Vassilev
Cast
Marquis of Calatrava Brindley Sherratt
Donna Leonora
his daughter 		Violeta Urmana
Curra
Leonora's maid 		Liora Grodnikaite
Don Alvaro Salvatore Licitra
Alcalde
a magistrate 		Jonathan May
Don Carlo di Vargas
son of the Marquis 		Ambrogio Maestri
Mastro Trabuco
a muleteer, then pedlar 		Peter Bronder
Preziosilla
a gypsy 		Marie-Ange Todorovitch
Padre Guardiano
a Franciscan abbot 		Ferruccio Furlanetto
Fra Melitone
a Franciscan 		Roberto de Candia
A Surgeon Thomas Barnard
Muleteers, Spanish and Italian peasants and soldiers, Italian recruits, Franciscan friars, beggars, vivandières The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Actors
Dancers
Children from Stagecoach
Children from St Clement Danes School (Drury Lane)
Children from The Young Place (Euston)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: The Act III Ronda and following scene were cut as Salvatore Licitra was unwell.
Language: Italian
Surtitled by: Jonathan Burton
Durations: Act I: 6.33-6.58pm, Act II: 7.00-7.52pm, Act III: 8.23-9.09pm, Act IV: 9.35-10.10pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 18 October 2004 (in Royal Opera House Collections)