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S51E24

Great Performances at the Met: La Forza del Destino

Premiere: 7/7/2024 | 0:30 |

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s grand tale of love, deadly vendetta, and family strife with soprano Lise Davidsen starring as Leonora, one of the repertory’s most tormented heroines.

About the Episode

Premieres beginning Sunday, July 7 at 2 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)

Premieres on THIRTEEN on Sunday, July 14 at 12 p.m.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s grand tale of love, deadly vendetta, and family strife with soprano Lise Davidsen starring as Leonora, one of the repertory’s most tormented heroines. Director Mariusz Treliński delivers the Met’s first new “Forza” in nearly 30 years, setting the scene in a contemporary world and making extensive use of the Met’s turntable to represent the advance of destiny that drives the opera’s chain of calamitous events. Nadine Sierra hosts.

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Leonora and Alvaro shared true love.

But tragedy tore them apart, leading to years of torment and war -- and her brother's bitter desire for revenge.

Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, don't miss the acclaimed Lise Davidsen, Brian Jagde and Igor Golovatenko in Verdi's force of destiny, “La Forza del Destino” on Great Performances at the Met.