Name: Ernani
Start: 2022-12-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opera Antwerp

Organization

Dirigent

Julia Jones

Alessandro Palumbo

Regisseur

Barbora Horáková

Set designer

Eva Maria Van Acker

Kostuum ontwerper

Licht ontwerper

Stefan Bolliger

Video ontwerper

Tabea Rothfuchs

Koor meester

Jef Smits

Dramaturg

Koen Bollen

Zanger

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

Acteur

Johan Leysen

Danser

Christine Sollie

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

Gent

België

Opera Gent (Operagebouw)

Antwerpen

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

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