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First seen in Venice in 1844 and a huge success for the young composer, Giuseppe Verdi’s “Ernani” is not so much a love triangle as a quartet of pursuit and response.
Giuseppe Verdi's fifth opera from 1844. The best live recording I have ever heard with an all-star cast.
Tune in at 8pm to hear Verdi's Ernani staring Carlo Bergonzi and Leontyne Price. Thomas Schippers conducts this 1967 RCA studio recording.
Soprano Angela Meade, the 2011 Richard Tucker Award winner, returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Elvira in Verdi's Ernani, February 2-25, singing the role with which she made an unscheduled star ...
A revival of Verdi’s “Ernani” at the Met on Thursday proved tastefully understated. In other words, it missed the point entirely. This tuneful tale of unbridled passion among highly ...
Diego Torre as Ernani and Natalie Aroyan as Elvira. Credit: Wolter Peeters But Ernani, based on Victor Hugo’s 1830 play, elevates 30-year-old Verdi out of the shadows of Italian compatriots ...
‘Ernani’ opens Lyric Opera season with strong singing and playing, awkward staging Leads are up to the demands of early Verdi opera, but the production doesn’t fully jell.
Rafael Davila marks 20 years since his Sarasota Opera, which has become his artistic home. He takes on the title role in Verdi’s ‘Ernani’ this season.
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with this year’s Listeners’ Choice, Verdi’s Ernani.
The Feb. 25 matinee performance of Verdi's "Ernani" will be telecast live in High Definition to the Quick Center in Fairfield and to the Ridgefield Playhouse, both at 1 p.m., ...