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from Act II of the Italian opera Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Role: Don Carlo, the King of Spain
Voice Part: baritone Fach: dramatic baritone
Setting: A hall in Don Ruy Gomez de Silva's castle, Spain, 1519
Synopsis: King Carlo has entered Silva's castle in search of the bandit Ernani. He is sure that Silva is hiding Ernani somewhere inside but Silva denies it. Carlo becomes angry and threatens to torture the information out of Silva who he believes is a traitor. He finally offers him a choice of what to give him : his head or the traitor Ernani.
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from Act III of the Italian opera Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Role: Don Carlo, the King of Spain
Voice Part: baritone Fach: dramatic baritone
Setting: An underground vault holding the tomb of Charlemagne, Aix-la-Chapelle, 1519
Synopsis: After capturing the conspirators who had planned to murder him, Carlo sings to the dead Emporer Charlemagne.
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  | Tessitura: |   | | C3 - F4 | F3 - D#/Eb4 |
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from Act III of the Italian opera Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Role: Don Carlo, the King of Spain
Voice Part: baritone Fach: dramatic baritone
Setting: An underground vault holding the tomb of Charlemagne, Aix-la-Chapelle, 1519
Synopsis: Waiting to expose a conspiracy to murder him, Don Carlo sings to the tomb of Charlemagne of the glories and the vanities of the world.
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 | Tessitura: |  | | D#/Eb3 - F#/Gb4 | G#/Ab3 - D#/Eb4 |
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from Act II of the Italian opera Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Role: Don Carlo, the King of Spain
Voice Part: baritone Fach: dramatic baritone
Setting: A hall in Don Ruy Gomez de Silva's castle, Spain, 1519
Synopsis: King Carlo has entered Silva's castle in search of the bandit Ernani. He is sure that Silva is hiding Ernani somewhere inside but Silva denies it. Carlo becomes angry and threatens to torture the information out of Silva, but retracts his offer when he sees Elvira, Silva's niece and fiancee. He offers a choice for Silva : give up Ernani or give up Elvira. Silva gives up Elvira and Carlo sings passionately to her with a slight bit of menace added in.
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 | Tessitura: | | | F#/Gb3 - F#/Gb4 | F#/Gb3 - F#/Gb4 |
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from Act I, Scene 2 of the Italian opera Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Role: Don Ruy Gomez de Silva, a Spanish grandee
Voice Part: bass Fach: lyric bass
Setting: Elvira's rooms in Don Ruy Gomez de Silva's apartments, Spain, 1519
Synopsis: Silva has entered his niece and fiancee Elvira's room to find both Ernani and Carlo inside. He is shocked at this and laments self-pityingly.
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from Act I, Scene 2 of the Italian opera Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Role: Elvira, the niece and fiancee of Don Ruy Gomez
Voice Part: soprano Fach: dramatic coloratura
Setting: Elvira's rooms in Don Ruy Gomez de Silva's apartments, Spain, 1519
Synopsis: Elvira is in love with Ernani but is betrothed to her uncle Silva, She wishes that Silva would go away and stop chasing her and leave her alone to think about Ernani, who she continues to expound upon.
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   | Tessitura: |   | | A#/Bb3 - C6 | F4 - G5 |
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from Act I, Scene 2 of the Italian opera Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Role: Elvira, the niece and fiancee of Don Ruy Gomez
Voice Part: soprano Fach: dramatic coloratura
Setting: Elvira's rooms in Don Ruy Gomez de Silva's apartments, Spain, 1519
Synopsis: After her maids present her with gifts from her uncle and betrothed Silva, Elvira declares that she does not care for expensive presents that do not remind her of Ernani.
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from Act I, Scene 1 of the Italian opera Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Voice Part: tenor Fach: spinto
Setting: A deserted area in the mountains of Saragossa, Spain, 1519
Synopsis: Ernani discloses his love for Elvira to his bandits and says that, if he cannot have her, he will not be able to continue living.
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from Act I, Scene 1 of the Italian opera Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Voice Part: tenor Fach: spinto
Setting: A deserted area in the mountains of Saragossa, Spain, 1519
Synopsis: After disclosing his love for Elvira to his men in the first part of the aria, Ernani goes on in this cabaletta to speak of his love to Elvira directly, even though she is not there.
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from Act II of the Italian opera Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Voice Part: tenor Fach: spinto
Setting: A hall in Don Ruy Gomez de Silva's castle, Spain, 1519
Synopsis: Having sworn his services to Silva, Ernani sings to his dead father, swearing that he and his fellow bandits will avenge his death.
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from Act II of the Italian opera Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Voice Part: tenor Fach: spinto
Setting: A hall in Don Ruy Gomez de Silva's castle, Spain, 1519
Synopsis: After singing the first part of this aria to his dead father, Ernani enters into this cabaletta singing of the vengeance he will exact for his father's death.
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