Tag Archives: Ernani

Swans, severed heads and a deerstalker: 2018 in review

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

“Wow! That’s some year you’ve had!” was a message written in one of this year’s Christmas cards. “Aiming to top it in 2019?” I’m not sure I have the energy! My outstanding operatic experience of the year was easily Salome at … Continue reading →

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Codes of honour trip up Bechtolf’s Ernani at La Scala

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: Ernani *** Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 29th September 2018 George Bernard Shaw admired the “fierce noonday sun” of the score to Ernani. “The one with the bandits” evens gets a glancing mention in his play, Arms and the Man. I’m not … Continue reading →

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Sweltering heat, Spanish passions: Verdi’s Ernani in concert

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: Ernani *** Chelsea Opera Group, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 3rd July 2015 It’s inconceivable that The Royal Opera can have offered us two productions of Verdi’s I due Foscari in the past two decades, yet has never staged its immediate … Continue reading →

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Park and Bark Central: Ernani at The Met

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: Ernani Metropolitan Opera in HD, 25th February 2012 This was a very old-fashioned night at the opera – and you’re welcome to take that in whatever way you will. Here was Verdi’s gloriously melodic Ernani (the one with the … Continue reading →

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