Composer
Librettist
Based On
the play "Hernani" by Victor Hugo
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1984-1985
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Cast
Ernani, a bandit chief (Don Juan of Aragon)
Donna Elvira, Silva's cousin
Don Carlo, King of Spain
Giovanna, Elvira's nurse
Don Ruy Gomez de Silva, a grandee of Spain
Don Riccardo, attendant to the King
Iago, attendant to Silva
Show Dates
Time and Place
1519; Spain and Germany
Scenes
Act I -- THE BANDIT
Scene 1 -- In the mountains of Aragon
Scene 2 -- Elvira's apartments in Silva's castle
Act II -- THE GUEST
The grand hall of Silva's castle
Act III -- CLEMENCY
The tomb of Charlemagne at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle)
Act IV -- THE MASK
Ernani's castle in Saragossa
Media
Acknowledgements
This production is dedicated to the memory of George Quist, San Francisco Opera Board of Directors, 1979-1982
Notes
Production settings owned by Dallas Opera, Greater Miami Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago
Costumes executed by the San Francisco Opera Costume Shop
(Nunzio Todisco was a late replacement for the announced Luciano Pavarotti.)