Making Opera: La Forza del Destino (2005)

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• 2005

The Opera is Giuseppe Verdi' ' s La Forza del destino, new production from the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Maurizio Arena and directed by John Copley, with a world-renowned cast featuring opera stars Stefka Evstatieva, Allan Monk, Judith Forst and Ernesto Veronelli. Combining behind-the-scenes-footage, beginning with the initial chorus rehearsals with the set-timing and scheduling, costumes, music, staging rehearsals and on to the final spectacular production, this documentary film tells the complete story, from humble beginnings to the magnificent performance.