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La forza del destino

Its philosophical title sets “ La forza del destino” apart among Verdi's works. It is an abstract, even vague title which would seemingly suit Rigoletto or Il trovatore just as well. As in those works, the coincidences are so striking that a higher power must be at work.
In "La Forza", the chance encounters and chains of events are impossible, but they provide us with characters that embody the deepest truths of the soul.
Carried by Verdi's sublimely lyrical, sweeping music, they work themselves up into a heroic fatalism, which casts them into the hands of the enemy, and gives their life the violence of tragedy.

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