It was all as compelling as it seemed effortless, as in the second-act duet ‘Ah, morir potessi adesso’ when Ernani reveals himself to Elvira during the preparations for her wedding with Silva. Wilson made this familiar number her own with the impeccable delivery of an artist at the top of her form.Įnsembles later in that act and elsewhere in the opera benefited from Wilson’s talented, insightful performance, where dynamics and articulations emerged naturally to underscore the musical lines. Her phrasing made the text particularly meaningful, as she used her voice to draw the audience into her plight with full bel canto style. Wilson’s full, vibrant tone was present from the start, and she executed the florid runs with style and clarity. Her opening aria, ‘Ernani involami’, captured the emotional pitch of Elvira as she realizes that only her lover, Ernani, can save her from an impending loveless marriage to her uncle, Don Ruy Gomez de Silva. Tamara Wilson as Elvira delivered a stunning performance throughout. The titles for each act offer useful points of reference which are borne out in Verdi’s score: Act I: ‘The Bandit’ Act II: ‘The Guest’ Act III: ‘Clemency’ and Act IV: ‘The Mask’.
Verdi’s accomplishment in setting the Hugo work is helped by Francesco Maria Piave’s concise libretto, which powerfully telegraphs the dramatic elements of the play and provides the composer with opportunities for enduring bel canto numbers and ensembles that set the opera apart from those by his contemporaries. Based on Victor Hugo’s 1830 play about the love of three powerful men for Elvira and their conflicting emotions, loyalties and betrayals, the opera was significant in its day for its revolutionary approach to French drama. The Lyric Opera of Chicago opened the 2022–2023 season with Giuseppe Verdi’s Ernani and a cast that brought this nineteenth-century opera to life for twenty-first century audiences.
(JLZ) Quinn Kelsey (Don Carlo) and Christian Van Horn (Don Ruy Gómez de Silva) © Cory Weaverĭon Ruy Gómez de Silva – Christian Van Horn United States Verdi, Ernani: Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago / Enrique Mazzola (conductor).
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