Farce of dustiny

• La Forza del destino: (Italian: The Force of Destiny)an Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi and first performed in 1856.
• farce: the Verdi opera is supposed to be a tragedy, but with its many outlandish coincidences, seems a bit farcical
• dust: a deflation of the idea of glorious destiny: Shakespeara Hamlet (Act V. scene i)

       Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth to dust, 
       the dust is earth, of earth we make loam—and why of that loam, whereto
       he was converted, might they not stop a beer barrel? ...Imperious Caesar,
       dead and turned to clay.