![]() ![]() In the midst of a violent scene Silva enters. Being repulsed, he is about to drag her off by force, when a secret panel, opens, and he finds himself confronted by Ernani. He imitates her lover's signal, gains admission to her chamber, declares his passion. By watching her windows he has discovered that at dead of night a young cavalier (Ernani) gains admission to her apartments. ![]() Ernani is in love with Donna Elvira, who, although she is about to be united to her relative, the aged Ruy Gomez di Silva, and grandee of Spain, is deeply enamoured of the handsome, chivalrous bandit chief.ĭon Carlos, afterwards Emperor Charles V, also has fallen violently in love with Elvira. ![]() John, proscribed and pursued by the emissaries of the King, has taken refuge in the fastnesses of the mountains of Aragon, where, under the name of Ernani, he has become leader of a large band of rebel mountaineers. His father, the Duke of Segovia, had been slain by order of Don Carloss father. Mountaineers and bandits, followers of Silva, ladies of Elvira, followers of Don Carlos, electors and pages. Patti, at the Academy of Music, Sembrich at the Metropolitan Opera House, have been notable interpreters of the role of Elvira.ĭON RUY GOMEZ DI SILVA, Grandee of Spain BassĮRNANI, or JOHN OF ARAGON, a bandit chief. Opera, in four acts, by Verdi words by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugos drama, "Hernani." Produced, Fenice Theatre, Venice, MaLondon, Her Majestys Theatre, MaNew York, 1846, at the Astor Place Theatre. ![]()
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