Verdi La Forza del Destino (2014)
This performance of 2014 can be considered as a reference on account of the quality of the vocal material involved and because the daring staging of Austrian Martin Kušej is rich in meaning within the context of the global challenges of today. He proposes a reflection on war, on vengeance and also on the mark of guilt which ends with the joie de vivre and the expansion of passions. In the intimacy of Calatrava, his is a post-Bauhaus picture of a Fascist neatness which then contrasts with the chaos of battles, the abyss of misery and the sexual stampede after triumph or failure. In this context, religion, instead of being a consolation is both an escape and the tomb of humanity; the chapel wherein Leonora hides is made out of huge crosses and in one of them, just for a moment, Don Álvaro seems crucified by his fate.
Director: Martin Kušej
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Jonas Kaufmann as Don Alvaro |
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Anja Harteros as Donna Leonora |
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Ludovic Tézier as Don Carlos de Vargas |
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Nadia Krasteva as Preziosilla |
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Vitalij Kowaljow as Padre Guardiano |
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Renato Girolami as Fra Melitone |
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Heike Grötzinger as Curra |
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Vitalij Kowaljow as Marqués de Calatrava |
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Francesco Petrozzi as Mastro Trabucco |
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Christian Rieger as Alcalde |
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Asher Fisch as Conductor |
| Directing | Martin Kušej | Director |
| Crew | Giuseppe Verdi | Compositors |
| Writing | Ángel de Saavedra | Original Story |
| Art | Martin Zehetgruber | Production Design |
| Writing | Francesco Maria Piave | Writer |
