Plot
Donna Leonora, daughter of the Marquis of Calatrava, is preparing to flee secretly with her lover Don Alvaro (son of the Viceroy of Mexico and an Inca princess). The Marquis enters unexpectedly. Alvaro hesitates to raise his weapon against his lover's father and throws his pistol. As he falls, the pistol fires and the Marquis is mortally wounded. As he dies, he curses his daughter. Don Carlo di Vargas, Leonora's brother, decides to avenge the death of his sister and her fiancé. In the turmoil of the chase, Leonora and Alvaro lose each other... Live recording made on 2 and 5 February 2011 at the Teatro Regio in Parma. The libretto by Francesco Piave is based on a play by Ángel Saavedra (1791 - 1865), Duke of Rivas, ‘Don Álvaro o la Fuerza del sino’ (1835). The plot of this romantic drama is based entirely on coincidence, chance and unexpected encounters. In a word, fate.
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Cast
Aquiles Machado
Don Alvaro, figlio del viceré del Messico e di una principessa Inca
Dimitra Theodossiou
Donna Leonora, figlia del marchese di Calatrava
Vladimir Stoyanov
Don Carlo di Vargas, fratello di Leonora
Mariana Pentcheva
Preziosilla
Roberto Scandiuzzi
Padre Guardiano
Carlo Lepore
Frá Melitone
Ziyan Atfeh
Il Marchese di Calatrava
Adriana Da Paola
Curra
Alessandro Bianchini
Un alcalde
Myung Ho Kim
Maestro Trabuco, mulattiere e ambulante
Gabriele Bulletta
Un chirurgo
Martino Faggiani
Maestro del coro
