Die Macht des Schicksals - Schedule, Program & Tickets
Die Macht des Schicksals
In German with German surtitles
In November 1924, Volksopernddirector Fritz Stiedry and Franz Werfel, author of the bestseller “Verdi. Roman der Oper ”, an exciting plan: The Verdi opera“ La forza del destino ”, which was hardly known at the time, was to be performed in Werfel's post-poetry in the house on Währinger Strasse. The plan was shattered, the "Verdi-Renaissance" initiated by Werfel's translations (those by Simon Boccanegra and Don Carlos still followed) was to start in Dresden a little later. Less than a century later, the German version of the “Force of Destiny” is landing at its destination.
Werfel not only created a highly poetic transmission (Alvaro's great aria, "La vita è inferno all'infelice", begins here with the words "The world is just a dream of hell"), but also intervened effectively in the process: So the famous overture only sounds after the fateful pistol shot that kills Leonore's father and separates her from her lover. Rushed by her vengeful brother Carlos, Leonore flees to a monastery and will only be reunited with Alvaro when she dies.
Conductor Jac van Steen
Chorus master Thomas Böttcher
The Duke of Calatrava Andrea s Mitschke
Leonore di Vargas, his daughter Melba Ramos
Don Carlos di Vargas, his son Aris Argiris
Alvaro Vincent Schirrmacher
Father Guardian, Franciscan Stefan Cerny
Brother Melitone, Franciscan Martin Winkler
Preziosilla, a young fortune teller Nadia Krasteva
Mastro Trabuco, mule driver and peddler rJunHo You
An Alcade Daniel Ohlenschläger
A surgeon Yasushi Hirano
Curra, Leonore's chambermaid Manuela Leonhartsberger
Subject to changes.
In November 1924, Volksopernddirector Fritz Stiedry and Franz Werfel, author of the bestseller “Verdi. Roman der Oper ”, an exciting plan: The Verdi opera“ La forza del destino ”, which was hardly known at the time, was to be performed in Werfel's post-poetry in the house on Währinger Strasse. The plan was shattered, the "Verdi-Renaissance" initiated by Werfel's translations (those by Simon Boccanegra and Don Carlos still followed) was to start in Dresden a little later. Less than a century later, the German version of the “Force of Destiny” is landing at its destination.
Werfel not only created a highly poetic transmission (Alvaro's great aria, "La vita è inferno all'infelice", begins here with the words "The world is just a dream of hell"), but also intervened effectively in the process: So the famous overture only sounds after the fateful pistol shot that kills Leonore's father and separates her from her lover. Rushed by her vengeful brother Carlos, Leonore flees to a monastery and will only be reunited with Alvaro when she dies.
Conductor Jac van Steen
Chorus master Thomas Böttcher
The Duke of Calatrava Andrea s Mitschke
Leonore di Vargas, his daughter Melba Ramos
Don Carlos di Vargas, his son Aris Argiris
Alvaro Vincent Schirrmacher
Father Guardian, Franciscan Stefan Cerny
Brother Melitone, Franciscan Martin Winkler
Preziosilla, a young fortune teller Nadia Krasteva
Mastro Trabuco, mule driver and peddler rJunHo You
An Alcade Daniel Ohlenschläger
A surgeon Yasushi Hirano
Curra, Leonore's chambermaid Manuela Leonhartsberger
Subject to changes.
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