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Ernani in a sentence

Using Ernani

  • In the example corpus, ernani often appears in combinations such as: of ernani, and ernani.

Context around Ernani

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 5 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

consternation 1× surrender 1× find 1× sees 1× became 1×

Often after:

hears 1× carlos 1× suddenly 1× infelice 1× replies 1× reveals 1× vasconcellos 1× libretto 1×

Sentence patterns with Ernani

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

act 4 ernani s castle 1× and sees ernani infelice 1× begin the ernani libretto immediately 1× cannot find ernani s hiding 1× character of ernani a musico 1× dagger but ernani suddenly arrives 1× elvira and ernani before finally 1× elvira and ernani have just 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

act 4 ernani 1× as he attempts 1× as he invites 1× as musicologist roger 1× budden 1984 p 1× elvira who had 1×

Common sentence endings:

a bugle call 1× a musico contralto 1× a perpetual debt 1× could die now 1× design the building 1× finally revealing himself 1×

Words around Ernani

Just before it in the word index:

ernakulum 2 ernakulam 56 erna 17 ern 8 ermou 3 ermotti 8

Just after it in the word index:

ernaux 12 erne 34 ernest 435 ernestina 7 ernestine 23 ernesto 122

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaditya 23 aardman 23 abbo 23 aberg 23 aboitiz 23 abovementioned 23

Corpus analysis for Ernani

  • In this selection, "ernani" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, consternation, surrender, find, hears, carlos and suddenly stand out and add context to how "ernani" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include act 4 ernani s castle and and sees ernani infelice. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ernani" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ernani

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

As he invites Carlos to fight, Silva appears and sees Ernani (Infelice!.. (12 words)

Hiding behind the vault, he overhears a gathering of conspirators including Silva and Ernani. (14 words)

Thus he overhears much of the interaction between Elvira and Ernani before finally revealing himself. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Ernani replies that he loves Elvira (Recitative: "Thanks, dear friends"; Cavatina: Come rugiada al cespite / "As the flower turns to the sun"), who is about to be married against her will to old Gomez de Silva (O tu che l'alma adora). (42 words)

As musicologist Roger Parker notes, the composer "intervened on several important points, insisting for example that the role of Ernani be sung by a tenor (rather than by a contralto as had originally been planned). (35 words)

Budden (1984), p. 143 Although Verdi had agreed to try to accommodate the contralto Carolina Vietti when the opera was Allan Cameron, he was against making the leading character of Ernani a musico contralto. (34 words)

Example sentences (18)

Act 4 Ernani's Castle Elvira and Ernani have just been married, when, in consternation, Ernani hears a bugle call.

Silva refuses to surrender Ernani (Carlos' aria: Lo vedremo, veglio audace / "We shall see, you bold old man") and Don Carlos's men cannot find Ernani's hiding place.

Silva walks in at that moment, discovers the pair, but agrees to keep his word to Ernani and protect him from the king, for which Ernani will owe him a perpetual debt.

As he attempts to use force, she grasps a dagger, but Ernani suddenly arrives and stops Carlos (Trio: "A friend comes quickly to your aid").

As he invites Carlos to fight, Silva appears and sees Ernani (Infelice!..

As musicologist Roger Parker notes, the composer "intervened on several important points, insisting for example that the role of Ernani be sung by a tenor (rather than by a contralto as had originally been planned).

Budden (1984), p. 143 Although Verdi had agreed to try to accommodate the contralto Carolina Vietti when the opera was Allan Cameron, he was against making the leading character of Ernani a musico contralto.

Elvira, who had been brought to Carlos as his intended empress, begs mercy for her lover, and Carlos, whose mood has changed, forgives them both and places Elvira's hand in that of Ernani.

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Ernani replies that he loves Elvira (Recitative: "Thanks, dear friends"; Cavatina: Come rugiada al cespite / "As the flower turns to the sun"), who is about to be married against her will to old Gomez de Silva (O tu che l'alma adora).

Ernani reveals his true identity to Elvira and she tells him that she plans to kill herself at the altar (Duet: Ah, morir potessi adesso / "Ah, if I could die now").

Having heard one other potential tenor, Vitali, as a possible replacement, the composer presented an ultimatum: either be released from his contract or the company would engage Carlo Guasco in the role of Ernani.

He assembled a group of young architects (Carlos Leão, Affonso Eduardo Reidy, Jorge Moreira and Ernani Vasconcellos) to design the building.

Hiding behind the vault, he overhears a gathering of conspirators including Silva and Ernani.

Parker, p. 71 Ernani was first performed on 9 March 1844 and it was "immensely popular, and was revived countless times during its early years".

Recordings The first complete recording of an opera was the 1904 recording of Ernani, on 40 single-sided discs, by HMV in England.

Romani, who promised to begin the Ernani libretto immediately, went off to write one for what became Donizetti's Anna Bolena (which opened the Carcano's season in December 1830).

This was written at a time when Piave was unhappy about the shift from his original libretto to the one for what became Ernani.

Thus he overhears much of the interaction between Elvira and Ernani before finally revealing himself.

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Common combinations with ernani

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