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Afternoon Concert: Thursday Opera Matinee: Verdi - Ernani

Verdi - Ernani

18/11/2010

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Penny Gore introduces a performance given at Chicago's Lyric Opera of Verdi's Ernani.

Penny Gore introduces a performance given at Chicago's Lyric Opera of Verdi's Ernani. Plus Barber: Essay for Orchestra No 2. BBC Philharmonic/Clark Rundell.

Presented by Penny Gore.

Thursday Opera Matinee - Verdi's Ernani.

Elvira loves Ernani, a young hot headed brigand, but she is engaged to the elderly Don Ruy Gomez de Silva. More than that, she has also attracted the amourous attentions of Don Carlo, the King, and future Holy Roman Emperor.

Thus the scene is set for violence, revenge, conspiracy, mercy and the fickle hand of fate as the three men compete for Elvira. 

In this performance from Chicago's Lyric Opera last November, Salvatore Licitra is Ernani, Sondra Radvanovsky is Elvira, Don Carlo, Boaz Daniel and Giacomo Prestia, Silva. Roberto Palumbo conducts.



Ernani .................Salvatore Licitra, tenor
Elvira .......Sondra Radvanovsky, soprano
Carlo ................... Boaz Daniel, baritone
Silva ...................Giacomo Prestia, bass
Giovanna ......Kathryn Leemhuis, soprano
Riccardo ................ Rene Barbera, tenor
Jago ........................ Paul Corona, bass
Lyric Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Renato Palumbo, conductor

4.45pm
Barber: Essay for Orchestra No.2
BBC Philharmonic
Clark Rundell.

Afternoon Concert: Thursday Opera Matinee

Thursday Opera Matinee

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