Verdi's sweepingly ambitious opera on war, religion, love and fate is given a cinematic staging by Christof Loy. The Marquis of Calatrava forbids his daughter Leonora to marry the South American nobleman Don Alvaro. The lovers attempt to elope, but the Marquis catches them. In the ensuing altercation, Alvaro accidentally kills the Marquis, who curses his daughter as he dies. Leonora and Alvaro become separated during their escape. Leonora's brother Don Carlo di Vargas decides to find them and avenge his father.
Anna Netrebko
as Donna Leonora
Jonas Kaufmann
as Don Alvaro
Ludovic Tézier
as Don Carlo di Vargas
Ferruccio Furlanetto
as Padre Guardiano
Alessandro Corbelli
as Fra Melitone
Veronica Simeoni
as Preziosilla
Robert Lloyd
as Marquis of Calatrava
Roberta Alexander
as Curra
Michael Mofidian
as Alcalde
Carlo Bosi
as Maestro Trabuco
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
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