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La forza del destino melodramma in quattro atti
- Title
- La forza del destino [videorecording] : melodramma in quattro atti / Giuseppe Verdi, [composer] ; Francesco Maria Piave, [librettist].
- Author
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
- Publication
- Milan : Hardy Classic Video, c2011.
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- Description
- 2 videodiscs (192 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in. +
- Summary
- Leonora and Don Alvaro are preparing to elope when her father enters the room to stop them. He has opposed their marriage because of Don Alvaro's mixed ancestory. In a token of surrender, Alvaro throws his pistol to the floor which discharges. Fatally wounded, the Marquis curses Leonora and the force of destiny is thus set in motion. Leonora escapes and goes to a monastery to repent and spend her last days. Her brother, Don Carlo, has vowed to hunt her and Alvaro down and kill them to vendicate his father's death. Don Carlo and Alvaro meet in Italy during the war, and before Carlo can extract his vengeance, Alvaro escapes. He unknowingly goes to the same monastery as Leonora. One evening, Carlo arrives and the two duel. All three of their paths converge for a final fatal time.
- Uniform Title
- Forza del destino
- Alternative Title
- Forza del destino
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Filmed operas.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Note
- Title from container.
- Originally broadcast on television in 1978.
- Event (note)
- Recorded live on June 18, 1978 at La Scala, Milan, Italy.
- System Details (note)
- DVD, NTSC, region 0, picture format 4:3; Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM dual mono.
- Language (note)
- Sung in Italian; English, French, Italian or Spanish subtitles.
- LCCN
- 8018783040467
- OCLC
- ocn705082627
- 705082627
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries