Ernani

Ernani is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Hernani by Victor Hugo. First production: La Fenice Theatre, Venice, March 9, 1844.

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Ernani is part of the standard operatic repertoire. There are several recordings of it, and it is occasionally performed.

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• Principal roles
• Ernani - Tenor
• Don Carlo - Baritone
• Don Ruy Gomez de Silva - Bass
• Elvira - Soprano
• Minor roles
• Giovanna - Mezzo-soprano
• Don Ricardo - Tenor
• Jago - Bass
• Other
• Rebels, brigands, attendants, knights, servant, nobles, ladies - Chorus

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