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Opera

The Force of Destiny, London Coliseum

09 Nov 15 – 04 Dec 15, 7:30 PM – 10:45 PM

A new production of Verdi's tragic melodrama, directed by maverick Calixto Bietio

By CW Contributor on 18/5/2015

The Force of Destiny, London Coliseum
The Force of Destiny, London Coliseum
The Force of Destiny, London Coliseum The Force of Destiny, London Coliseum Joe Lloyd
There might be no instrumental passage in Verdi more famous: the gargantuan blow of ‘Fate’ at the start of The Force of Destiny’s overture, often excerpted for concert performance. What is rather less iconic is what follows – despite being composed at the peak of his powers, straight after Un ballo in mashera and before Aida, Otello and Falstaff, La forza del destino has never quite took off as one of his most popular works. It might have something to do with the ‘curse’, the notion that performing in the work brings bad luck; Pavarotti repeatedly refused to appear in it, while in 1960 an American baritone fell dead of a cerebral hemorrhage on stage during it.


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For the first time in over twenty years, the English National Opera are unleashing a new staging of this most passionate of works. Set during wartime, it takes many of the elements of classic drama – accidental death, illicit love, revenge and mistaken identity – and meshes them together into an unforgettably heady mix, racing towards a tragic conclusion as irresistibly fitting as it is wrenching. The music is among Verdi’s most exuberant and assorted, alternating rambunctious military marches with heaven-gazing arias.
Spanish director Calixto Bieito is no stranger to controversy; a play in Edinburgh that featured a priest masturbating over a skeleton led the Telegraph to declare it “a paradigm or parody of every that is wrong and rotten”, while a previous Verdi production at the Coliseum opened with a row of men sitting in a lavatory with their trousers around their ankles. What he will make of The Force of Destiny remains unpredictable, but there are sure to be some shocks. By updating proceedings to the Spanish Civil War, it seems likely he will play up the grim realities of violence. New ENO music director Mark Wigglesworth will conduct, while tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones, soprano Tamara Wilson and baritone Anthony Michaels-Moore will head the cast. Let us only hope the curse is kept well at bay.


What The Force of Destiny, London Coliseum
Where London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, , London , WC2N 4ES | MAP
Nearest tube Charing Cross (underground)
When 09 Nov 15 – 04 Dec 15, 7:30 PM – 10:45 PM
Price £12-125
Website Click Here to book via the English National Opera



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    The English National Opera have launched their line up for much of next season, and it's an exciting one: five new productions and three esteemed revivals, with bel canto classics alongside works from Mozart, Verdi, Gilbert & Sullivan and Philip Glass. General booking opens on 27 May, but if you are a friend of the company you can choose the prime seats from 6 May. A week before the public release, on 20 May, half-price disability tickets will be available, as will the seasonal subscription offer, which gives you a discount on your overall order when you buy for three or more productions at once. 

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