Royal Opera House: La forza del destino
Director: Christof Loy
In Italian with English subtitles., The performance lasts about 3 hours 55 minutes, including two intervals.
Screenwriter: Music: Guiseppi Verdi. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on a Spanish drama by Ángel deSaavedra.
Cast: Jonas Kaufman, Anna Netrebko, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Alessandro Corbelli.
When the New York Times opens a review with “Netrebko and Kaufman are as good as opera gets,” music lovers will be happy to mark this Opera on Screen event on their calendar as not-to-be-missed! Among the very best singers of their generation, Jonas Kaufmann and Anna Netrebko star in Verdi’s epic, an opera demanding technical skill and emotional power to communicate the fullest theatrical treatment of its story. The colorful captured-live production about bitter revenge pursued across miles and years comes to The Royal Opera in a sensational staging from Amsterdam.
“Totally enthralling… Vividness, honesty and compassion also come to life in Ms. Netrebko’s crushing yet rapturous performance.” – Zachary Woolfe, New York Times.
