Friday, February 24, 2012

Verdi's "Ernani" To Be Met's Saturday Matinee Broadcast and High Definition Transmission

Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Don Carlo and Angela Meade as Elvira


St. Louis Public Radio will carry the Met Opera broadcast of Giuseppe Verdi's Ernani on their HD channel, KWMU-3 beginning at 12 noon. Approximate running time 3 hours, 30 minutes, with intermissions at approximately 1:00 p.m. and 2:40 p.m.

Matthew Baird of the CBC's Radio 2 reports:
Love, betrayal, duty and honour: A nobleman disguises himself as a bandit to prove his love for the beautiful Elvira. He conspires to overthrow a corrupt king, but at a huge cost. Soprano Angela Meade (Elvira) is the object of affection, love, lust and jealousy in Verdi's thrilling early opera Ernani. Tenor Marcello Giordani takes on the role of her fugitive lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast as Don Carlo and Don de Silva, Ernani's rivals for Elvira's hand.
The High Definition transmission of Ernani will be presented at AMC Esquire 7, 6706 Clayton Road; St. Louis Mills 18; 5555 Saint Louis Mills Boulevard; AMC Chesterfield 14, 3000 Chesterfield Mall; O'Fallon 14, 900 Caledonia Drive; and The Hett, McKendree College, 701 College Road, Lebanon, IL. Click here to buy tickets.

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