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Ernani is an operatic dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the 1830 play Hernani by Victor Hugo.. Verdi was commissioned by the Teatro La Fenice in Venice to write an opera, but finding the right subject took some time, and the composer worked with the inexperienced Piave in shaping first one and then another drama by Hugo into ...
Verdi's opera Ernani, with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, was based on the play, and first performed in Venice in 1844. An English-language adaption by the American playwright John Strand appeared in 2013. [5]
Ernani: Francesco Maria Piave: 4 Italian La Fenice, Venice 9 Mar 1844 Based on work by Victor Hugo: 6 I due Foscari: Francesco Maria Piave: 3 Italian Teatro Argentina, Rome 3 Nov 1844 Based on work by Lord Byron: 7 Giovanna d'Arco: Temistocle Solera 3 Italian La Scala, Milan 15 Feb 1845 Based on work by Friedrich Schiller: 8 Alzira: Salvatore ...
The recording of Verdi's Ernani in 1903 by La voce del padrone was the first complete opera recording. It was issued on 40 single-sided discs. [ 1 ] The first complete orchestral recording, Arthur Nikisch's recording of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony , was made in 1913.
Giuseppe Verdi. Verdi had read the ultra-Romantic play in April 1844, probably introduced to it by his friend Andrea Maffei who had written a synopsis. [2] A letter to Francesco Maria Piave (with whom he had worked on both Ernani and I due Foscari) had included the subject of Attila as opera number 10 on a list of nine other possible projects, [3] and in that same letter, he encouraged Piave ...
Grounded is an English-language opera in two acts with music by Jeanine Tesori and libretto by George Brant. The libretto is adapted from Brant's play of the same name. The opera features a pilot, Jess, and shows her struggle to adapt to drone warfare. The opera premiered at the Kennedy Center in 2023 to mixed reviews.
Libretto printed for the 1683 production at the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice. The first performance took place in Innsbruck on 19 February 1656. Orontea was one of the most popular Italian operas of the 17th century. It includes well-known soprano arias such as "Intorno all'idol mio", "Addio Corindo" and "Il mio ben dice ch'io speri".
I due Foscari (The Two Foscari) is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the 1821 historical play, The Two Foscari by Lord Byron. After his success with Ernani , Verdi received a commission from Rome's Teatro Argentina and he went to work with Piave in considering two subjects, one of ...