La forza del destino or The Power of Fate, often translated The Force of Destiny, is an Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on a Spanish drama, Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino (1835), by Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, with a scene adapted from Friedrich Schiller's Wallensteins Lager. It was first performed in the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre of Saint Petersburg, Russia on November 10, 1862.

Cast:

Leontyne Price - Leonora

 Richard Tucker – Don Alvaro

Robert Merrill - Don Carlo

Shirley Verrett - Preziosilla

Giorgio Tozzi – Padre Guardiano

Ezio Flagello – Fra Melitone

Thomas Schippers, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra - 1964