Dramma lirico in four acts
Libretto
Francesco Maria Piave after the tragedy "Hermani" by Victor Hugo
Premiere
9 March 1844, Venice (La Fenice)
Cast
ERNANI (tenor)
DON CARLO (baritone)
DON RUY GOMEZ DE SILVA (bass)
ELVIRA (soprano)
GIOVANNA (soprano)
DON RICCARDO (tenor)
JAGO (bass)
CHORUS
rebel highlanders and bandits, Knights and members of Silva's household, maids in attendance on Elvira, knights in attendance on Don Carlo, Spanis and German neblemen abd their ladies
Place
Aragon, Aachen and Saragossa
Time
1519