Tézier and Netrebko dazzle in La Scala’s new Forza

Huanhong Li (Alcade), Ludovic Tézier (Don Carlo)

Brian Jagde (Don Alvaro), Anna Netrebko (Leonora)

Anna Netrebko (Leonora)

Brian Jagde (Don Alvaro)

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Preziosilla, with red hair) and chorus

Anna Netrebko (Leonora)

By David Karlin, 08 December 2024

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“audiences expect perfection from Netrebko... on this occasion, they got something very close to it.”

Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 7 December 2024

Verdi, La forza del destino

Teatro alla Scala

Riccardo Chailly, Conductor

Leo Muscato, Director

Federica Parolini, Set Designer

Silvia Aymonino, Costume Designer

Alessandro Verazzi, Lighting Designer

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Coro del Teatro alla Scala

Anna Netrebko, Leonora

Ludovic Tézier, Don Carlo

Brian Jagde, Don Alvaro

Alexander Vinogradov, Padre Guardiano

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Preziosilla

Fabrizio Beggi, Marquis of Calatrava

Marco Filippo Romano, Fra Melitone

Carlo Bosi, Trabuco

Marcela Rahal, Curra

Huanhong Livio Li, Alcade

Xhieldo Hyseni, Chirurgo

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.

Tézier and Netrebko dazzle in La Scala’s new La forza del destino