3. "Forza" is one of six Verdi operas which did not premiere in Italy. In what country did it premiere?
From Quiz Verdi's "La Forza del Destino"
Answer:
Russia
"Forza" premiered in St. Petersburg at the Imperial Theater on November 10, 1862. In 1861, while attending a session of the Italian parliament in Turin, Verdi signed a contract to write an opera for the theater's winter season the following year. In anticipation of their sojourn to Russia for the opera's premiere, Verdi's wife Giuseppina ordered wine, pasta, salami, and Italian cheeses to be sent ahead to their hotel in St. Petersburg.
In case you were wondering, the other five Verdi operas that premiered elsewhere were "Jerusalem" (actually a reworking of "I Lombardi" in a French translation), "Les Vepres Siciliennes", and "Don Carlos", all of which premiered in Paris, "I Masnadieri", which premiered in England with Jenny Lind, and of course "Aida", which premiered in Cairo, Egypt.