Ernani
Overview
Verdi's early masterpiece is based on a Victor Hugo play with a complicated plot concerning a young woman and the three men vying for her affections—her elderly uncle, a king destined to become Holy Roman Emperor, and a bandit who is actually an overthrown nobleman. Though there is plenty of action arising from the various passions and grudges scattered among these characters, the opera is best appreciated as a feast of beautiful and dramatic Italianate singing. With virtuosic roles for a quartet of principals, the opera delivers one feat of heroic vocalism after another.
Year 1983
Studio
Director Kirk Browning, Pier Luigi Samaritani
Crew David Stivender (Conductor), Gil Wechsler (Lighting Director), James Levine (Art Direction), James Levine (Conductor), Kirk Browning (Director), Giuseppe Verdi (Original Music Composer)
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Language Italiano
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