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06/04/2015

Verdi's Ernani

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Verdi's Ernani from the New York Metropolitan Opera, Francesco Meli sings the title role.

From the New York Met, a production of Verdi's opera Ernani. Francesco Meli is in the title role and Angela Meade sings Elvira. James Levine conducts.

Tonight's opera recorded at the New York Metropolitan Opera has the one of the implausible plots of all Verdi opera. Ernani is a melodramatic love story set in 16th-century Spain and based on a play by Victor Hugo. Elvira, sung by soprano Angela Meade, is being pursued by three men: her uncle and guardian, Don Ruy Gómez de Silva, an old Spanish grandee sung by the bass Dimitry Belosselskiy; Don Carlo, the King of Spain, is sung by Luca Salsi, replacing Placido Domingo who is ill. Ernani, sung by tenor Francesco Meli, who has lost his title and wealth during a civil war and has become a very suave bandit. The plot is contrived but just at the end, when things seem to be turning out well for Ernani and Elvira, the story takes a turn for the worst and ends in tragedy. James Levine conducts the New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus in his first Met production of Ernani since 1983.

Ernani.....Francesco Meli (Tenor)
Don Carlo.....Luca Salsi (Baritone)
Elvira.....Angela Meade (Soprano)
De Silva.....Dimitry Belosselskiy (Bass)
Don Riccardo.....Issachah Savage (Tenor)
Jago.....Paul Corona (Bass)
Giovanna..... MaryAnn McCormick (Mezzo-soprano)
New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus
James Levine (Conductor).

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