medici.tv on Instagram: "La Forza del destino is a quintessentially Italian opera from start to finish. The opera's plot is straightforward: Donna Leonora, the 20-year-old daughter of the Marquis de Calatrava, falls in love with Don Alvaro, but his inferior social status leads Leonora's father to oppose their union. Fleeing her unhappy fate, Leonora decides to live as a hermit in a distant monastery, but the arrival of her brother Don Carlo ultimately leads to a tragic end… Watch the late, great