Ernani

About the show

The outlaw Ernani and King Don Carlo both love Elvira, who is promised to the elderly Gomez de Silva. Silva discovers Ernani and Elvira together but protects Ernani according to his word; the two men later ally against Carlo and Ernani swears to die if Silva sounds a horn. Carlo is elected emperor and pardons the conspirators, then gives Elvira to Ernani. At their wedding, Silva sounds the horn; Ernani keeps his oath and kills himself, dying in Elvira’s arms.