Verdi: Ernani
Ramón Vargas (Ernani), Ludovic Tézier (Don Carlo), Alexander Vinogradov (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Svetla Vassilieva (Elvira), Karine Ohanyan (Giovanna), Maurizio Pace (Don Riccardo) & Gabriele Ribis (Jago); Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Daniele Callegari, Jean-Louis Grinda (dir.)
This [DVD] confirms that Ernani fully deserves a place in the repertory, even if Grinda’s staging is conservative to the point of static…it’s the baritone who gets all the best tunes in Ernani...
Verdi: Ernani
Ramón Vargas (Ernani), Ludovic Tézier (Don Carlo), Alexander Vinogradov (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Svetla Vassilieva (Elvira), Karine Ohanyan (Giovanna), Maurizio Pace (Don Riccardo) & Gabriele Ribis (Jago); Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Daniele Callegari, Jean-Louis Grinda (dir.)
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This [DVD] confirms that Ernani fully deserves a place in the repertory, even if Grinda’s staging is conservative to the point of static…it’s the baritone who gets all the best tunes in Ernani...
About
Set Design Isabelle Partiot-Pieri
Costumes Teresa Acone
Lights Laurent Castaingt
Chorus master Stefano Visconti
Film director Stéphan Aubé
Producer Frederic Allain (Wahoo)
Giuseppe Verdi’s Ernani is a vibrant adaptation for the lyric stage of one of the most flamboyant dramas by the French poet. Both the composer and his librettist have combined Hugo’s verbal eloquence with the right musical temperament. Perfect example of Grand opera with chorus, the magnifi cent Act III is above all the first time Verdi draws the very precise contours of what is about to become a type of voice in itself: the Verdi-baritone. In Ernani he starts to focus as never before on the psychological side of his characters. All his operas after Ernani will follow the same path in his perpetual quest of the truth.
Sound Format: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Picture Format: 16:9
Blu-ray Disc 25GB (Single Layer)
Running Time: 130 mins
Language: IT
Subtitles: IT, EN, DE, FR, ES, KO, JP
FSK: 0
Contents and tracklist
- Live from the Opéra Monte-Carlo, 2014
- Ramón Vargas (Ernani), Ludovic Tézier (Don Carlo), Alexander Vinogradov (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Svetla Vassilieva (Elvira), Karine Ohanyan (Giovanna), Maurizio Pace (Don Riccardo) & Gabriele Ribis (Jago)
- Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo & Choeur de l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo
- Daniele Callegari (conductor) & Jean-Louis Grinda (stage director)
Awards and reviews
March 2018
This [DVD] confirms that Ernani fully deserves a place in the repertory, even if Grinda’s staging is conservative to the point of static…it’s the baritone who gets all the best tunes in Ernani and Ludovic Tézier’s Don Carlo is a class act; his bronze tone and aristocratic phrasing are breathtaking. Daniele Callegari leads a solid account, even if there are times when a little more impetus from the pit would have been welcome.
