The ROH Live La forza del destino

Verdis sweepingly ambitious opera on war religion love and fate is given a cinematic staging by Christof Loy The Marquis of Calatrava forbids his daughter Leonora to marry the South American nobleman Don Alvaro The lovers attempt to elope but the Marquis catches them In the ensuing altercation Alvaro accidentally kills the Marquis who curses his daughter as he dies Leonora and Alvaro become separated during their escape Leonoras brother Don Carlo di Vargas decides to find them and avenge his father