Name: Ernani
Start: 2006-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2006-11-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Gardyne Theatre

Organization

Conductor

Richard Johnson

Stage director

Brian Freeland

Set designer

Jim Taylor

Costume designer

Margaret Boudra

Lighting designer

Phil Cooney

Translator

William Dewar

Tenor

Paul Featherstone

Ernani

Baritone

Russell Malcolm

Don Carlo

Bass

Neil Mudie

Don Ruy Gomez de Silva

Soprano

Margaret Wells

Elvira

Tom Patullo

Jago

Philip Kearns

Don Riccardo

Laura McKay

Giovanna

Tayside Opera

Dundee

United Kingdom

Gardyne Theatre

Ernani Verdi

Public

Approved

Ernani is such an enjoyable piece for audiences, with its succession of rousing melodies and lovely bel canto arias, that it seems surprising that it is done so rarely, at least in Scotland.  Undeniable idiosyncrasies of plot can usually be by-passed by audiences in the enjoyment of the moment - no worse than Il trovatore.

Twenty-five years had elapsed since the previous Tayside attempt, and it was high time to give it another go.  This production came over just as well, even if Silva no longer boasted a gallery of old master paintings to impress everyone with his good taste (and money).

Again the team was led by an excellent Verdi stylist in the professional tenor Paul Featherstone, at the time a member of the Chorus of Scottish Opera.

Perhaps on this occasion the local singers were less consistent than the team put together in 1981, but they all had a good idea of the vocal requirements, and the ensembles all came off nicely.

English

Ernani by Verdi, From (2006/2006), Directed by Brian Freeland,, Conductor Richard Johnson, Gardyne Theatre, Dundee, United Kingdom

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Cast

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Programme, About & Synopsis

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