Throwback Thursday: I saw #GiuseppeVerdi's #Ernani 14 years ago yesterday, exactly 182 years after the premiere of the Hugo drama (2.25.12); here's Anna Tomowa-Sintow singing "Surta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani involami":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQWe...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernani
Victor Hugo's play "Hernani" premiered in Paris #OnThisDay in 1830; #GiuseppeVerdi's #Ernani was based on it & premiered in 1844; I saw it at the Met 13 years ago today, exactly 182 years after the premiere of the Hugo drama (2.25.12):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEMu...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernani...
A pretty good #VeteransDay weekend: opera selections sung by talented #UNC students, the NC premiere in Raleigh of Verdi's 1844 #Ernani (some things take time) 2 rather good films at #ChelseaTheatre: #Blitz and #GreenBorder, meals out with Greek and Thai food
10 years ago, I note in my diary, I saw a good version of #Tosca at #SanFranciscoOpera, 38th time they,d presented that warhorse, with smart intro by Ann Midgette.
This weekend it's opera again:2day selection of excerpts by talented #UNC students , trip to Raleigh tomorrow for #Ernani from #NCOpera
Pauline Park at the Met to see "Ernani" (2.25.12)
#Ernani premiered at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice #OnThisDay in 1844. I saw #GiuseppeVerdi's early #opera — based on Victor Hugo's play "Hernani" — at the Met 12 years ago (2.25.12); here's Anna Moffo singing the aria "Ernani involami":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oPA...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernani
