Great Performances at the Metropolitan Opera
Verdi's early masterpiece is based on a Victor Hugo play with a complicated plot concerning a young woman and the three men vying for her affections—her elderly uncle, a king destined to become Holy Roman Emperor, and a bandit who is actually an overthrown nobleman. Though there is plenty of action arising from the various passions and grudges scattered among these characters, the opera is best appreciated as a feast of beautiful and dramatic Italianate singing. With virtuosic roles for a quartet of principals, the opera delivers one feat of heroic vocalism after another.
Kirk Browning
Director
Pier Luigi Samaritani
Director
Luciano Pavarotti
Ernani
Leona Mitchell
Donna Elvira
Sherrill Milnes
Don Carlos
Ruggero Raimondi
Don Ruy Gómez de Silva
Charles Anthony
Don Riccardo
Richard Vernon
Jago
Jean Kraft
Giovanna
MET Orchestra
Orchestra
Il tetto73%
Le cose non dette67%
Romeo + Juliet68%
Maria64%
Les Misérables73%
Romeo & Juliet67%
Camelot62%
Romeo and Juliet74%
Perfetti sconosciuti78%
Call Me by Your Name80%
Made in Italy60%
Caravaggio61%
Eva59%
The Devil's Brother67%
Avanti!69%
Moonstruck68%
Mammal63%
Esterno Notte - Prima Parte78%
Le notti bianche74%
Kiss of the Spider Woman61%
