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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 ...
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala was a televised concert, lasting more than eight hours, that New York City's Metropolitan Opera staged on 22 October 1983 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of its first performance.
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Amazed at hearing the quality of her version of Ernani Involami on a private lacquer 78rpm record, I was determined to have her recordings published. The first success was on a CD associated with The Record Collector magazine but, later on Otto Preiser of Preiser Records , with help from some investment from some of Kyra's friends and fans ...
Ernani involami (from Ernani) 22 Jul 2000 Sir Frank Kermode: Alexander Goehr: Sing, Ariel (conclusion) Bach Ach Herr, lehre uns (from Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106) Beethoven Quartet in B-flat, Op. 18/6 (4th mvt) Britten Variation V & Scene 6: The Lesson (from The Turn of the Screw) Handel Io t'abbraccio (from Rodelinda) Mozart
Ernani, involami" with Giselda's cavatina "Non fu sogno" from I Lombardi alla prima crociata. [12] Nevertheless, the Vienna premiere was a resounding success, even without the original cavatina, and Verdi was determined to have her as his first Alzira.
Martina Arroyo (born February 2, 1937) [1] is an American operatic soprano who had a major international opera career from the 1960s through the 1980s. She was part of the first generation of black opera singers to achieve wide success.
Regina Resnik (born Regina Resnick, August 30, 1922 – August 8, 2013) [1] was an American opera singer who had an active international career that spanned five decades. She began her career as a soprano in 1942 and soon after began a lengthy and fruitful relationship with the Metropolitan Opera that spanned from 1944 until 1983.