Verdi: La Forza del Destino (1997)
Taped live at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Valery Gergiev conducts this landmark production of Giuseppe Verdi's operatic masterpiece. This opera premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1862, and is performed here in its original St. Petersburg version using reconstructions of the magnificent painted scenery.
Director: Elijah Moshinsky
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Galina Gorchakova as Leonora |
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Nikolai Putilin as Don Carlo |
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Gegam Grigorian as Don Alvaro |
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Marianna Tarasova as Preziosilla |
| Sound | Giuseppe Verdi | Music |
| Writing | Francesco Maria Piave | Writer |
| Sound | Valery Gergiev | Conductor |
| Directing | Elijah Moshinsky | Director |