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Omer Meir Wellber conducts a spirited account of Verdi's early opera, semi-staged and live-streamed from the Teatro Massimo.

A mixed-bag of an evening at the Sydney Opera House, with a production of Ernani imported from La Scala failing to solve the inherent challenges of the work, despite good performances from the cast.

Verdi's fifth opera can be considered a blueprint for Trovatore and deserves a more regular place in the repertoire, but it needs more sincere advocacy than Bechtolf is prepared to grant.

Rarely performed, Verdi's fifth opera Ernani is full of fiery passions, with a relentless flow of melodic invention, as heard in this concert performance by Chelsea Opera Group. 

Placido Domingo was "suffering from a bad cold" on Saturday afternoon, so baritone Luca Salsi, scheduled to sing Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor later that night, put on the costume and delivered a convincing last minute Don Carlo in Verdi's Ernani.

Read our review of Pier Luigi Samaritani's production of Verdi's Ernani in its 2012 broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.

Outre le plaisir d'une œuvre rarement donnée, la soirée du Théâtre des Champs-Élysées a permis de couronner l'art de Roberto Tagliavini et de consacrer Amartuvshin Enkbat comme l'un des meilleurs barytons actuels.

Yona Kim begräbt am Nationaltheater Mannheim Verdis Frühwerk Ernani unter einer revolutionären Bildlast.

Adaptation de l’œuvre de Victor Hugo, l’Ernani de Verdi capte les tensions de la société d’Ancien Régime révélée par un amour impossible entre Elvire et ses trois prétendants le roi Don Carlo, le vieux duc Donc Ruy Gomez de Silva et celui qu’elle aime en secret Ernani. Les adeptes du bel canto seront servis durant cette soirée.

Dass es nicht immer einer Inszenierung bedarf zeigte die konzertante Aufführung von Verdis Ernani unter leidenschaftlichem Dirigat von Riccardo Muti.