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Rigoletto (1851)
Il trovatore (1853)
La traviata (1853)
Les vêpres siciliennes (1855)
Un ballo in maschera (1859)
La forza del destino (1862)
Aida (1871)
Otello (1887)
Falstaff (1893)

“La forza del destino” by Giuseppe Verdi

The Force of Destiny, Die Macht des Schicksals, La Force du destin, Сила судьбы

Premiere / date of written: 22 November 1862

It was first performed in the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre of St. Petersburg, Russia, on 22 November [O.S. 10 November] 1862.

Libretti

# Language Authors
1 Italian Francesco Maria Piave
2 German
3 English Dale McAdoo, 1954
4 French B. Vienne
5 Russian

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