La forza del destino

With La forza del destino, Verdi is breaking new ground. The title already refers to the paradigm shift, which does not take up the name of a figure or a historical event, but conjures up the “power of fate” in general. Accordingly, the composer wrote an idea drama which negotiates the fate of entire social groups and peoples. Following on from this, Frank Castorf creates links to the Spanish Civil War of the 20th century and the fight against fascism in the Second World War in his only opera direction in Berlin and interweaves the individual fates of the characters with the horrors of colonial history. In the production by the legendary Frank Castorf, the “Triangle of Destiny” is played this time by an internationally sought-after trio of Guanqun Yu, Pavel Yankovsky and house debutant Luciano Ganci. Massimo Zannetti, formerly a frequent guest at the Staatsoper Berlin, is the first time we are seeing Massimo Zannetti on the podium of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Opera in four acts [version from 1869] by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Antonio Ghislanzoni based on the drama Don Alvaro o la Fuerza del sino by Angel de Saavedra, Duque de Rivas as well as with texts by Heiner Müller and excerpts from Curzio Malaparte's The Skin premiere on November 10, 1862 in St. Petersburg [first version] on February 27, 1869 in Milan [second version] [second version] Version] Premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on September 8, 2019