The Italian opera La forza del destino (The Fate of Destiny), composed by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre of Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1862. The libretto, written by Francesco Maria Piave (1810-1876) was based on the Spanish drama Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino (1835) by Ángel de Saavedra (1791-1865), and follows the Leonora family of Seville. The opera has acqui...
