Met HD Live: Ernani (Verdi)

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Angela Meade takes center stage in Verdi’s thrilling early gem. Marcello Giordani is her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast. -- Metropolitan Opera.

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Ernani was Verdi's fifth opera, written in 1844 when he was 31 years old. He wrote it very much in the traditional bel canto style of Donizetti and Rossini: not much action, but sizzling emotions which support passionate singing: arias, duets, trios, quartets, etc. It would work just as well as a concert opera. The toe-tapping oom-pah-pah style is very much in evidence throughout. The role of Ernani was a staple of Luciano Pavarotti's repertory.

Tickets may be purchased at the box office or on-line at Fandango (http://www.fandango.com/themetropolitanopera:ernani_146476/movietimes?date=2/25/2012).

New York Times review (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/arts/music/angela-meade-in-ernani-at-metropolitan-opera.html?_r=1&emc=eta1).

Run time: 3h50m, including introduction and intermission features.

Also playing Regal Brier Creek and Regal Crossroads (Cary). Please note theater in RSVP Comment Area if not attending at North Hills.

Leona Mitchell "Ernani inviolami"