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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Staged by Pier’Alli at the Parma Festival, 2005
Ernani was Verdi’s fifth opera and is based on Victor Hugo’s Hernani. It takes as its starting point the theme of vengeance in all its manifold aspects and received its first performance at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice in March 1844, its success proving Verdi’s definite breakthrough as a composer. The fact that the work has been staged with increasing frequency in major opera houses in recent years is due to the renaissance of bel canto singing. Bonus: 10 minute introduction to the opera Picture Format: 16:9, HD Sound Format: DVD: DTS 5.1, PCM 2.0 Running Time: 139 mins (opera 129 mins) Booklet: English, German, French Subtitles: Italian (original language), English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Verdi’s Robin Hood-like tale of politics and ill-fated love features Carlo Bergonzi in a truly bravura performance as Ernani, Verdi’s dashing outlaw of Aragon Leontyne Price is stunning as Elvira, Ernani’s great love and object of the affections of both Don Carlo – sung by the imposing Cornell MacNeil – and Silva, sung by the great Giorgio Tozzi Legendary maestro Thomas Schippers conducts the Met orchestra and chorus 2 CDs taken from the December 1, 1962 live performance | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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“Sutherland came to Ernani too late in her career, you may feel in this late-1980s recording. Pavarotti is merely competent; somehow this melodrama never gets off the page.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2006 *** “Bonynge brings more relish to the ryhthms, and (helped by the brighter recording) is better at exposing the colourfulness of orchestration...Sutherland's well-observed and skilfully executed staccatos in her big solo... Nucci's legato, Pavarotti's thrilling account of the Ivanov cabaletta... the orchestra are fine, the chorus excellent... there is much to like here” Gramophone Magazine, April 1998 “Sutherland gives a commanding account of the role of Elvira...Helped by the sympathetic conducting of her husband, she endearingly throws caution to the winds...On sounds terms, this reissue easily outshines its CD rivals.” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Heinrich Bensing (Ernani); Karl Schmitt-Walter (Don Carlo); Otto von Rohr (da Silva); Annelies Kupper (Elvira); Hanna Stolze-Fröhlich (Giovanna); Bruno Samland (Don Riccardo); Friedhelm Hessenbruch (Jago) Stuttgart Radio, Hans-Müller Kray Recorded 1951. Sung in German. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Staged by Pier’Alli at the Parma Festival, 2005
Ernani was Verdi’s fifth opera and is based on Victor Hugo’s Hernani. It takes as its starting point the theme of vengeance in all its manifold aspects and received its first performance at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice in March 1844, its success proving Verdi’s definite breakthrough as a composer. The fact that the work has been staged with increasing frequency in major opera houses in recent years is due to the renaissance of bel canto singing. Bonus: 10 minute introduction to the opera Sound Format: Blu-ray: DTS-HD MA 5.01 PCM 2.0 Running Time: 139 mins (opera 129 mins) Booklet: English, German, French Subtitles: Italian (original language), English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | HISTORIC MONO RECORDING: Rome, June 25th 1950
Gino Penno (Ernani), Giuseppe Taddei (Don Carlo), Giacomo Vaghi (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Caterina Mancini (Elvira), Licia Rossini (Giovanna), Vittorio Pandano (Don Riccardo) & Ezio Achilli (Jago) Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI, Fernando Previtali | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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Mario del Monaco (Ernani), Ettore Bastianini (Don Carlo), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Margherita Roberti (Elvira), Anna di Stasio (Giovanna), Athos Cesarini (Don Riccardo), Mario Rinaudo (Jago) Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo, Fernando Previtali This live recording was made in Naples on 27th November 1960. “Roberti has the measure of her role, of Verdi's idiom; her line steady in all she sings, her tone well bound...[Del Monaco's] is an all-out interpretation, with his voice blazing forth, if not, to my ears, with a lovely sound...[Bastianini] is at his most voluminous with resounding notes a-plenty, but he supplies little modulation of that grand sound and not much evidence of imagination. Don't, however, decry the effect his voice can have per se.” International Record Review, December 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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This performance was recorded in the Teatro Comunale in Florence on 25th June 1957. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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This is the first complete recording on the new opera label SoloVoce. This recording from Turin places some of the best current Italian singers in the limelight and together they relish Verdi’s score in a strong ensemble performance. Ernani is regarded as one of the “cradles” of Verdi’s compositional style. Many audible details in this early opera soon became distinctive musical traits in his later works. “In overall performance is a convincing advocate...Daniela Dessì sings conscientiously and leaves an impression of sincerity...[Armiliato] is a tenor of impressive resources and in many effects scrupulous in method.” Gramophone Magazine, August 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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