La Forza del Destino
Intro
La Forza del Destino
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
From 09/02/2012 in Antwerp - from 02/03/2012 in Ghent
- Musical direction: Alexander Joel
- Director: Michael Thalheimer
- Donna Leonora: Catherine Naglestad
- Don Alvaro: Erik Fenton / Mikhail Agafonov
- Don Carlo di Vargas: Vladimir Stoyanov
- Padre guardiano: Christof Fischesser
Driven by feelings of revenge
This opera of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi describes the turbulent tragedy of Spanish family Calatrava. Daughter Leonora and her beloved Don Alvaro are hunted by her brother Don Carlo; he suspects Alvaro of having murdered their father. The young couple flees, away from their curse, away from the destiny pursuing them. Even religion does not provide salvation. During the ensuing bloody polemic the soloists all get to perform moving arias and stirring duets. A dark, modern opera by one of the greatest opera composers.
Original St. Petersburg version. Coproduction with Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg.
Practical
Language: Italian. Surtitles: Dutch.
Tickets from € 10.00 to € 95.00
Team
Top director Michael Thalheimer is one of Germany's most radical and leading theatre directors at the moment. In La Forza del Destino he seeks power and simplicity and contrasts a world of old values with a new form. The main parts are played by Catherine Naglestad (Leonora), Mikhail Agafonov (Don Alvaro) and Vladimir Stoyanov (Don Carlo), all internationally recognised Verdi performers. The musical interpretation is left to conductor Alexander Joel. He shone with Don Carlos and the widely praised Die Frau ohne Schatten last season.
- Musical direction
- Director
- Set design
- Costumes
- Lightning
- Dramaturgy
- Chorus master
- Choir
- Orchestra
- Donna Leonora
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Don Alvaro
Erik Fenton - 7 Mar 2012
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Mikhail Agafonov - 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 23 Feb en 2, 4, 10 Mar 2012
- Don Carlo di Vargas
- Padre guardiano
- Fra Melitone
- Preziosilla
- Trabucco
- Il marchese di Calatrava
- Curra
- Alcade/Chirurgo
Media
Video
La Forza del Destino - Warm-up
La Forza del Destino - trailer
Music
Pace, pace, mio Dio (fragment) uit La Forza del Destino (met Rosalind Plowright & Philharmonia Orchestra)
Copyright Universal Music
Qual sangue sparsi! Orrore uit La Forza del Destino (met Gegam Grigorian & Kirov Chorus & Orchestra, Sint-Petersburg)
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In the press
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13 Feb 2012 - Die Welt
“Dafür aber wird klangliche und kinetische Energie pur geboten, direkt und herausfordernd ins Publikum hingeschleudert; es lodert krass und unverstellt aus dem Orchestergraben. Und plötzlich funktioniert ein Werk, das musikalisch begeistert (...)”
“Doch an der Flämischen Oper in Antwerpen, wahrlich kein De-Luxe-Haus auf monetärem Gebiet, hat man alles richtig gemacht.”
“Man hat mit Michael Thalheimer den großen deutschen Schauspielminimalisten engagiert (...) Und man hat Sänger, die wahrhaftig sind, hundert Prozent geben und die in ihren Partien einigermaßen ideal eingesetzt wurden. In allen Rollen. Man hat zudem einen spielfreudig exhibitionistischen Chor und in Alexander Joel einen Generalmusikdirektor, dem pure Energieexplosionen wichtiger sind als weicher Wohlklang.”
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10 Feb 2012 - Deutschlandfunk “Kultur heute”
‘Der schlichte glaube an grundgehalt’
“Die schlichte holzschnittartige Erzählweise von Thalheimers Inszenierung entwickelt bemerkenswerte Sogkraft.”
“Die neue Verdi-Produktion der Flämischen oper entwickelt von Anfang an Drive und Kraft. Alexander Joel hat das Orchester in Antwerpen sicher im Griff und fordert ihm Allegro-Brillianz und aumusizierte elegisch-‘schöne Stellen’ab. Im Vergleich zu Repertoire-Vorstellung von Forza del destino in Metropolen wie Paris und Wien braucht sich die im Nordwesten Belgiens nicht zu verstecken.”
“Seine Interpretation von La forza del destino - gespielt wird die St. Peterburger Originalversion von 1862 - verfügt von Anfang bis Ende über Brio, Dynamik und Kraft (...) aber auch über jenes Maβ an Innigkeit, das für den Gesamtgefühlshaushalt der ‘Macht des Schicksals’ unverzichtbar erscheint.”
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