presented by Gaulitana: A Festival of Music 

ANDRIANA YORDANOVA Soprano 
COLIN ATTARD Conductor 

DENISE MULHOLLAND Director
MATTHEW MUSCAT DRAGO Film Director/Director of Photography
LUKE AZZOPARDI Costume Designer 
ANDRE BORG WIRTH Set Artist

Giuseppe Verdi Son Giunta and Pace, pace Mio Dio from La Forza del Destino  

One of Verdi’s most memorable scores includes two dramatic and breath-taking numbers for Leonora, linked by the very sinister Fate motive which introduces both. 

Leonora, disguised as a man, seeks solace and forgiveness at the friar’s convent, where she plans to take refuge and spend the rest of her life as a hermit to make amends for her transgressions.  

In Pace, pace mio Dio, she emerges from her cave, untidy and distressed, praying for the peace that continues to elude her and for the peaceful release of death, while also admitting her impossible love for Alvaro.