RCA, 1967
RCA Italiana. Thomas Schippers
Carlo Bergonzi, Leontyne Price, Mario Sereni, Ezio Flagello
Bergonzi is at his most, extraordinary singing and intelligent use of the technique. The Elvira of Leontyne Price, strong and impassioned, is superbly characterized. Sereni and Flagello, are both solid in their roles. Excellent direction of Schippers, full of energy and vitality R
DECCA, 1987
Orchestra & Chorus of Welsh National Opera. Richard Bonynge
Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Leo Nucci, Paata Burchuladze
Version of vocal beauty. Pavarotti is somehow a superficial Ernani. Sutherland still shows an agile voice, even though it is a late recording in her career.It is not the best direction of Bonynge. A hint for collectors: this is the last recording together of Sutherland-Pavarotti-Bonynge.
EMI, 1982. Registro en vivo.
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano. Riccardo Muti
Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Renato Bruson, Nicolai Ghiaurov
Muti, who outperforms in live compared to studio, offers a very good theatrical Ernani. Domingo is superb at his role, and Freni performs an Elvira of great expressiveness. Bruson and Ghiaurov play their roles with authority
