Details

Don Alvaro and the beautiful Leonora plan to elope, but when her father is killed by a stray bullet from Alvaro's gun, it triggers an inescapable chain of events. Forced to flee as they are pursued by her brother, who has sworn vengeance, the characters are thrown together and torn apart in a series of coincidental meetings. The other-worldly presence throughout, of the carefree Preziosilla, provides a constant reminder that the force of destiny really is unstoppable. Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Cast/Performers

Anne Jeffers (Leonora Gweneth), Peter Auty (Don Alvaro), Mark Stone (Don Carlo), Mikhail Svetlov (Padre Guardiano), Graeme Broadbent (Marquis di Calatrava), Carole Wilson (Preziosilla), Donald Maxwell (Fra Melitone), Olivia Ray (Curra), Aled Hall (Trabuco), William Robert Allenby (L'alcade / Surgeon)

Creatives/Company

Music: Verdi
Lyrics: Francesco Maria Piave
Producer: Holland Park Opera
Company: City of London Sinfonia
Conductor: Stuart Stratford
Director: Martin Duncan
Design: Alison Chitty
Lighting: Mark Jonathan
Choreographer: Paul Kitson