The MET: Live in HD Presents Verdi's Ernani


STARRING ANGELA MEADE, MARCELLO GIORDANI, DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY AND FERRUCCIO FURLANETTO

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 at 12:55 p.m. ET/9:55 a.m. PT
THE MET: LIVE IN HD
ERNANI
Running time: Approximately 210 minutes, including two intermissions
Host: Joyce DiDonato
For more information: metopera.org/hdlive

Four extraordinary singers star in Verdi’s Ernani. American soprano Angela Meade, whose victory in the Met’s National Council Auditions was chronicled in the 2008 documentary film The Audition, takes the role of the noblewoman Elvira in her first Live in HD appearance. Marcello Giordani, star of the Live in HD transmissions of Manon Lescaut, La Damnation de Faust, Madama Butterfly, Turandot, Simon Boccanegra, and La Fanciulla del West, sings the title role of the noble bandit who loves Elvira. Dmitri Hvorostovsky adds a new role to his distinguished repertory as Don Carlo, a royal suitor for Elvira’s hand, and Ferruccio Furlanetto is da Silva, a wealthy relative with his own designs on Elvira. Marco Armiliato, who led the Met premiere performances of Anna Bolena earlier this season, conducts Verdi’s thrilling drama of passion, power, and honor, seen in Pier Luigi Samaritani’s lavish production. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato hosts the transmission.

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