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Me pellegrina ed orfana
      from Act I of the Italian opera, La Forza del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Francesco Maria Piave

• Role : Leonora, the daughter of the Marquis of Calatrava
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : spinto
• Setting : Leonora's room in her father's house in Seville
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Leonora has been debating running away with her lover Don Alvaro. Leonora's father is against Alvaro because of his mixed race. She is tortued by her feelings toward her father, homeland and Don Alvaro.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Stephen L. Parker.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50021 (Ricordi). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.
• Researched by Stephen L. Parker

Sono giunta! . . . Madre, pietosa Vergine
      from Act II, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, La Forza del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Francesco Maria Piave

• Role : Leonora, the daughter of the Marquis of Calatrava
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : spinto
• Setting : A small flat space at the doors of the Church of Our Lady of Angels.
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Leonora has just arrived at the church disguised as a man. After a close call at the inn with her brother, she gives thanks to God and calls upon the merciful Virgin to forgive her sins.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Stephen L. Parker.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera and aria alone - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog number for aria : #1615, for score : #50021 (Ricordi). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.
• Researched by Stephen L. Parker

Pace, pace mio Dio!
      from Act IV, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, La Forza del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Francesco Maria Piave

• Role : Leonora, the daughter of the Marquis of Calatrava
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : spinto
• Setting : Outside the cave where Leonora has come to live out her remaining days in repentance.
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Leonora calls for peace from God on her tortued soul. She still loves Alvaro after all these years and the bad things that have happened. She calls upon God to end her suffering. She is about to eat when she hears someone approaching
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Stephen L. Parker.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera and aria alone - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog number for aria : #0462, for score : #50021 (Ricordi). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.
• Researched by Stephen L. Parker

Al suon del tamburo
      from Act II, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, La Forza del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Francesco Maria Piave

• Role : Preziosilla, a gypsy fortune teller
• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Setting : The village of Hornachuelos
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Preziosilla has asked if anyone would like to have their fortune told and all respond - "Yes! all of us!" She launches into an aria in praise of the beauty of war.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Stephen L. Parker.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50021 (Ricordi). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.
• Researched by Stephen L. Parker

La vita è inferno . . . O tu che in seno agli angeli
      from Act III of the Italian opera, La Forza del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Francesco Maria Piave

• Role : Don Alvaro, Leonora's half-Indian suitor
• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : spinto
• Setting : Italy, near the town of Velletri
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Don Alvaro, now known as Don Federico Herreros, Captain of the Spanish Grenadiers, is musing on his lost love - Leonora. He decries the fate that befell his parents and denied his royal throne. He has come here to fight in battle and h
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Stephen L. Parker.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50021 (Ricordi). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.
• Researched by Stephen L. Parker

Son Pereda son ricco d'onore
      from Act II, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, La Forza del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Francesco Maria Piave

• Role : Don Carlo, the son of the Marquis of Calatrava
• Voice Part : baritone   Fach : lyric baritone
• Setting : The village of Hornachuelos
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Don Carlo has been hinting at harrassing the newcomer, Leonora in disguise, when the Mayor tells him it would be better if he instead told them his story. Carlo tells them he is Pereda, an honor student at Salamanca. A foreigner murder
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Stephen L. Parker.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50021 (Ricordi). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.
• Researched by Stephen L. Parker

Morir! Tremenda cosa! . . . Urna fatale del mio destino
      from Act III, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, La Forza del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Francesco Maria Piave

• Role : Don Carlo, the son of the Marquis of Calatrava
• Voice Part : baritone   Fach : lyric baritone
• Setting : A room near Velletri. The battle is over and Don Alvaro is in surgery.
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Alvaro and Carlo each has concealed his true identity from the other. Carlo has been taken wounded and is undergoing surgery. Alvaro has been entrusted with Carlo's papers and is debating searching them for proof of his true identity. The Surgeon enters and tells him that Alvaro shall live. Carlo proclaims great joy and imagines finding Carlo and Leonora together and dispatching them both to hell with one blow from his sword.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Stephen L. Parker.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50021 (Ricordi). Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.
• Researched by Stephen L. Parker