Giuseppe Verdi’s Ernani – Bus Trip to Florence

Giuseppe Verdi’s ERNANI – Bus trip to Florence

Ernani is, together with Nabucco, the most fascinating and popular opera of those written by Verdi in the 1940s, a mine of enthralling, moving, spectacular music.

Lyric drama in four parts on a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, Ernani made his debut at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice on March 9, 1844. For Verdi it was the first engagement in a theater other than the Scala that allowed him not only to try his hand with a new audience and new needs, but also to meet the young Murano poet Piave, with whom he would have established a long working relationship and friendship. The libretto was based on the play by Victor Hugo Hernani, considered at the time a cornerstone of French literary and theatrical romanticism. The plot, set in Spain in the early sixteenth century, intertwines the two narrative levels of action and sentiment. Ernani, banished at the head of the conspiracy against King Charles and under whose disguise the noble Don Giovanni d’Aragona is hiding, madly loves Elvira, already betrothed to his uncle Don Ruy de Silva, but also desired by the king. In addition to the love quadrilateral characterized by the eternal conflict between love and honor, duels, riots, disguises and twists follow one another in the work accompanied by fast-paced music, with continuous changes of gear and with the passionate air of solo and choral melodies which guaranteed the public favor for the fifth Verdi title right from the very first reruns.

The Teatro del Maggio in Florence is preparing a performance that promises to be of a great level already for the cast (we point out at least the tenor Francesco Meli, the soprano Maria José Siri and the great conductor James Conlon).

Animando will set up a bus to participate in the performance of SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER at 3.30 pm.

The fee (bus + entrance to the theater) is € 52 for Animando members and € 62 for non-members. The allocation of seats will follow the booking order. With friendship