Name: Ernani
Start: 2022-12-31
End: 2022-12-31
Location: Opera Antwerp

Organization

Conductor

Julia Jones

Alessandro Palumbo

Stage director

Barbora Horáková

Set designer

Eva Maria Van Acker

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Stefan Bolliger

Video designer

Tabea Rothfuchs

Chorus master

Jef Smits

Dramaturge

Koen Bollen

Singer

Tenor

Vincenzo Costanzo

Ernani

Baritone

Ernesto Petti

Don Carlo

Bass

Andreas Bauer Kanabas

Don Ruy Gomez de Silva

Soprano

Elisa Soster

Giovanna

Leah Gordon

Elvira

Sandra Janusaite

Denys Pivnitskyi

Sava Vemić

Dejan Toshev

Don Riccardo

Thierry Vallier

Jago

Actor

Johan Leysen

Dancer

Christine Sollie

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

Ghent

Belgium

Opera Gent (Operagebouw)

Antwerp

Opera Antwerp

Public

Approved

The rarely performed Ernani is often referred to as Giuseppe Verdi's first masterpiece. The grandmaster of Italian romance abandons a predominantly political approach in order to bring the individual to the fore. Verdi found the ideal raw material in Victor Hugo's play Hernani, ou l'Honneur Castillan, one of the key works of French romanticism in which the emphasis was on raw and realistic emotions. To avenge the death of his father, the outcast Ernani rebels against the Spanish king Don Carlos. A complex plot develops: Ernani and Elvira love each other, but Elvira is engaged to the king's confidant, Silva. When it turns out that Don Carlos also wants to marry Elvira, Ernani ends up in a personal and political morass that can only end in tragedy. With brilliant arias, beautiful ensembles and large choral pieces, Verdi created a gripping opera in which theatrical impact always takes precedence. Conductor Julia Jones and director Barbora Horáková Joly interweave the opera with some specially created monologues by writer Peter Verhelst. Ernani promises to be a not-to-be-missed opera discovery.

English

Ernani by Verdi, Sat 31 Dec 2022, From (2022/2023), Directed by Barbora Horáková,, Conductor Julia Jones, Alessandro Palumbo, Opera Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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