La Scala

La Forza del Destino

In Cinemas 1, 2 & 5 Feb 2025
Conductor
Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Cast
Fabrizio Beggi (Il marchese di Calatrava), Anna Netrebko (Donna Leonora), Ludovic Tézier (Don Carlo di Vargas), Brian Jagde (Don Alvaro), Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Preziosilla), Alexander Vinogradov (Padre guardiano), Marco Filippo Romano (Fra Melitone)
Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Director
Leo Muscato
Set Design
Federica Parolini
Duration
Approx. 3h40 including an interval
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles
Captured live from Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 7 Dec 2024
Official Event Listing
  • Fuflills all expectations! Tézier blew me away with one of the all time great pieces of Verdi baritone singing. Netrebko was irresistible, very close to perfection. Muscato’s new staging is both eye-catching and ambitious.
    David Karlin, BACHTRACK
    Unforgettable. An extraordinarily rich interpretation.
    Bernardo Gaitan, OPERA WIRE

Opera in four acts (1862)

New Production! La Scala’s gala season opening is always a glittering affair, and a highlight of the international arts calendar.

This year a prestigious cast that includes Anna Netrebko, Brian Jagde and Ludovic Tézier assembles for a new production of Verdi’s grand tale of ill-fated love The Force of Destiny, directed by Leo Muscato.

Riccardo Chailly conducts a work that offers some of Verdi’s most memorable melodies, including its haunting overture, the rousing 'Rataplan' march and Leonora's soaring prayer, 'La vergine degli angeli'.

Please note programme change: the previously billed Jonas Kauffmann was forced to withdraw from this production for family reasons. [updated 20/11/24]

La Scala

Milan's famous Teatro alla Scala was inaugurated on 3 August 1778. Apart from its sheer beauty and size, La Scala's acoustics are said to be perfect. One of the leading opera and ballet theatres in the world, the venue is home to the La Scala Theatre Chorus, La Scala Theatre Ballet and La Scala Theatre Orchestra, as well as the La Scala Theatre Academy.

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