Editing Ernani (section)

==Recordings==
The first complete recording of an opera was the 1904 recording of ''Ernani'', [[Ernani (1903 La voce del padrone recording)|on 40 single-sided discs]], by the [[Gramophone Company]] in England.<ref>[http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/notes.html#cylinder Steven Schoenherr, Recording Technology History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312213800/http://history.sandiego.edu/GEN/recording/notes.html |date=2010-03-12 }}</ref> Later recordings include:

{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Cast <br />(Ernani, Elvira,<br />Don Carlo, Silva)
!Conductor,<br />opera house and orchestra
!Label<ref>[http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLVEERNA.HTM Recordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk]</ref>
|-
|1930||[[Antonio Melandri]],<br />[[Iva Pacetti]],<br />[[Gino Vanelli (Italian tenor)|Gino Vanelli]],<br />[[Corrado Zambelli]] || [[Lorenzo Molajoli]],<br />Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano ||78 rpm: Columbia GQX 10069-10073<br />LP: Cat: 4407
|-
|1950||[[Gino Penno]],<br />[[Caterina Mancini]],<br />[[Giuseppe Taddei]],<br />[[Giacomo Vaghi]] || [[Fernando Previtali]],<br />Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della Rai || CD: Warner Fonit <br />Cat: 8573 82650-2
|-
|1957||[[Mario Del Monaco]],<br />[[Anita Cerquetti]],<br />[[Ettore Bastianini]]<br />[[Boris Christoff]] || [[Dimitri Mitropoulos]],<br />Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino<br />(Recording of a performance at the [[Maggio Musicale Fiorentino]],<br />[[Teatro Comunale Florence|Teatro Comunale]], 14 June)<ref>Note: this recording does not include Silva's act 1 cabaletta.</ref> || CD: Hr 4400 <br />Cat: HR 4400/01
|-
|1962||[[Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)|Carlo Bergonzi]],<br />[[Leontyne Price]],<br />[[Cornell MacNeil]],<br />[[Giorgio Tozzi]] || [[Thomas Schippers]],<br />[[Metropolitan Opera]] Chorus and Orchestra<br />(Recorded live 1 December 1962) || CD: FREQUENZ,<br />Cat: 051-016
|-
|1967||[[Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)|Carlo Bergonzi]],<br />[[Leontyne Price]],<br />[[Mario Sereni]],<br />[[Ezio Flagello]] || [[Thomas Schippers]],<br />RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra || CD: [[RCA Victor]]<br />Cat: GD 86503 (UK); 6503-2 (USA)
|-
|1968||[[Bruno Prevedi]],<br />[[Montserrat Caballé]],<br />[[Peter Glossop]],<br />[[Boris Christoff]] || [[Gianandrea Gavazzeni]],<br />RAI Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Milan<br />(Recording of 26 November 1968 which was broadcast on 25 March 1969)|| CD: Opera d'Oro <br />Cat: OPD 7051 ''Grand Tier''
|-
|1969||[[Plácido Domingo]]<br />[[Raina Kabaivanska]]<br />[[Carlo Meliciani]]<br />[[Nicolai Ghiaurov]]|| [[Antonino Votto]],<br />[[Teatro alla Scala]] Orchestra and Chorus ||CD: Opera D'Oro<br /> Cat: ODO 1468
|-
| 1983 ||[[Luciano Pavarotti]]<br />[[Leona Mitchell]]<br />[[Sherrill Milnes]]<br />[[Ruggero Raimondi]]|| [[James Levine]],<br />[[Metropolitan Opera]] Orchestra and Chorus<br />(Recorded live on 12 and 17 December)<ref>Recording details for the 1983 Met Ernani DVD: {{OCLC|212394683}}.</ref>
||DVD: Pioneer Classics<br /> Cat: PC-99-102-D
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| 1983 ||[[Plácido Domingo]]<br />[[Mirella Freni]]<br />[[Renato Bruson]]<br />[[Nicolai Ghiaurov]]|| [[Riccardo Muti]],<br />[[Teatro alla Scala]] Orchestra and Chorus <br />(Production by [[Luca Ronconi]])<br />(Recording of a performance in the Teatro alla Scala, 4 January)<ref>Note: this recording does not include Silva's act 1 cabaletta nor Ernani's final aria and cabaletta at the end of act 2</ref>||DVD: Kultur Video <br /> Cat: D72913
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| 1987 ||[[Luciano Pavarotti]]<br />[[Joan Sutherland]]<br />[[Leo Nucci]]<br />[[Paata Burchuladze]]
|| [[Richard Bonynge]],<br /> Orchestra and Chorus of [[Welsh National Opera]] || CD: [[Decca Records|Decca]]/London
|-
| 2005 ||Marco Berti<br />Susan Neves<br />Carlo Guelfi<br />[[Giacomo Prestia]]|| Antonello Allemandi,<br />[[Teatro Regio di Parma]]<br />(Production by Pier' Alli, Video direction by Matteo Ricchetti)<br />(Audio and video recordings of a performance(s) May) ||DVD: [[Dynamic (record label)|Dynamic]] 33496<br />University of Chicago Critical Edition
|-
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