"Hernani," the 1830 rhyming drama in five acts by French Romantic author Victor Hugo, served as the basis for Verdi's famous opera "Ernani" which debuted in 1844. The play, set in a fictional 1519 Spanish court of King Charles I, deals with romance, intrigues, and conspiracies.
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