Ernani
8.9
“Great Performances at the Metropolitan Opera”
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.
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Luciano Pavarotti
Ernani
Also in
Yes, Giorgio
Verdi: Rigoletto
Leona Mitchell
Donna Elvira
Also in
Turandot
Carmen
Kirk Browning
Giuseppe Verdi
Francesco Maria Piave
Michael Bronson
Sherrill Milnes
Don Carlos
Also in
Aida
Simon Boccanegra
Peter Gelb
Victor Hugo
Clemente D'Alessio
Ruggero Raimondi
Don Ruy Gómez de Silva
Known for
My Out-Laws
Jay David Saks
Pier Luigi Samaritani Director · Kirk Browning Director Giuseppe Verdi Composer
United States release December 17, 1983 · Produced in United States
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The Metropolitan Opera
Production
United States
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Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
United States · December 17, 1983
Theatrical
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