LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
29 OTTOBRE STAGIONE 2021
Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre
Season 170
October 29th, 2021
Premiere
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
Opera in four acts, with one interval
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Based on a Spanish drama DON ÁLVARO O LA FUERZA DEL SINO by Ángel de Saavedra
World Premiere: Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre of Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 10 November 1862. First performance in Georgia: Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre (Summer theatre), season 1877-1878
The Marquis of Calatrava – Giorgi Chelidze
Leonora, his daughter – Khatuna Chokhonelidze
Don Carlo di Vargas, his son – Sulkhan Gvelesiani
Don Alvaro, Leonora’s suitor – Otar Jorjikia
Curra, Leonora’s maid – Manana Iordanishvili
Preziosilla, a young gypsy – Tea Demurishvili
Mayor – Tsotne Motsonelidze
Maestro Trabuco, a muleteer and peddle – Tamaz Saginadze
The Father Superior, a Franciscan – Ramaz Chikviladze
Fra Melitone, a Franciscan – Vano Galuashvili
A surgeon – Tsotne Motsonelidze
TBILISI OPERA AND BALLE STATE THEATRE CHORUS, ORCHESTRA AND BALLET COMPANY
Conductor: Zaza Azmaiparashvili
Assistant Conductor: Levan Jagaev
Director, set and costume designer: Stefano Poda
Assistant directors: Zaza Aghladze, Lela Gvarishvili, Tamar Gurgenidze
Chorus master: Avtandil Chkhenkeli
Lighting designers: Stefano Gorreri
Head of Production: Amiran Ananiashvili
Chief Stagehand: Gia Geladze
Stage Manager: Marina Burtchuladze
Production of the: Teatro Regio di Parma
Artistic Director: Badri Maisuradze
PLEASE NOTE that spectators will be allowed to attend the performances with wearing face masks! Before entering the theatre, audience members are required to undergo thermal screening, use the disinfection mat, and sanitize their hands. Inside the theatre, all spectators will be asked to take their seats as indicated on their tickets. The performance will be held without intermission! Entrance to the theater will be open one hour before performance start time.
*The late-comers will not be allowed in until the first interval.
