La forza del destino

Giuseppe Verdi

First Performance: St. Petersburg, Imperial Theater, October 29, 1862

First Performance at the Israeli Opera: The Roman Theater, Caesarea, June 13, 2001

First Performance of this production: January 4, 2008

Conductor		Asher Fisch
		Omer M. Wellber	16.1, 17.1, 18.1
Director		Dalia Ibelhauptaite
Set Designer		Giles Cadle
Costume Designer		Juozas Statkevicius
Lighting Designer		Yehiel Orgal
Choreographer		Arthur Pita

Soloists
Leonora		Olga Romanko
		Victoria Safronova	4.1, 8.1, 11.1, 13.1, 16.1, 18.1
Don Alvaro		Hugh Smith
		Emil Ivanov	4.1, 8.1, 11.1, 13.1, 16.1, 18.1
Don Carlo di Vargas		Alexnadru Agache Mikolaj Zalasinski	4.1, 8.1, 11.1, 13.1, 16.1, 18.1
Padre Guardiano		Paata Burchuladze
		Ayk Martirossian	6.1, 17.1 ,18.1
Preziosilla		Tiziana Cararo
		Katja Lytting	4.1, 8.1, 11.1, 13.1, 17.1
Fra Melitone		Renato Girolami
		Paolo Rumetz	7.1, 8.1
The Marquis of Calatrava		Vladimir Braun
Curra		Karin Hochman
Trabuco		Yosef Aridan
Mayor		Noah Briger
Doctor		Anatoli Krasik

The Israeli Opera Chorus

Conductor: Yishai Steckler

The Tel-Aviv Philharmonic Choir

Conductor: Leonti Wolf

The Opera Orchestra - The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion

Surtitles: Israel Ouval

Sung in Italian

Surtitles in English and Hebrew

Verdi at his very best! Love and friendship examined to their utmost in a widening journey of revenge that leads to cruel deaths.

Synopsis

Production Album

Dates

Fri 4.1 (12:30), Sat 5.1 (19:30), *Mon 7.1 (19:30), Tues 8.1 (19:30),

Wed 9.1 (19:30), Fri 11.1 (12:30), Sat 12.1 (19:30), Sun 13.1 (19:30),

Mon 14.1 (19:30), Wed 16.1 (19:30), Thurs 17.1 (19:30), Fri 18.1 (12:30)

Towards Opening: Sat 29.12 (11:00)

Before the show back stage tours: Tues 8.1 (18:30), Sun 13.1 (18:30), Thurs 17.1 (18:30)

 * Premiere

Reviews

The Power of the Conductor
Conductor Asher Fisch turned Verdi's La forza del destino into a flowing and exciting work, into dramatic music blended with poetry. The Rishon LeZion orchestra sounded great under his baton. Simply, a great orchestra. Fisch managed to connect all the Verdi details into one entity, into a magnificent flow of music... Bass singer Paata Burchuladze stole the show with his enormous voice and powerful stage   presence.
(Hanoch Ron, Yediot Aharonot)

“The performance was characterized by its directness and honesty. Here, you thought is Verdi’s Forza. And how often can you say that?”
(Opera Magazine, 2005)