# Ernani opens at La Fenice on 9 March 1844 as Verdi’s first Venice triumph

Date: 1844

## The fact

La Fenice heritage and Britannica date Ernani’s 9 March 1844 premiere in Venice. Librettist Piave and the house share the file.

It is one event.

## Context

Lombardi 1843 is neighbouring. Rigoletto 1851 is a later Fenice row.

[Giuseppe Verdi](/people/giuseppe-verdi)’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below. Sharing a field with them is not a reason to drop a documented act, and it is not a reason to assign later consequences done in the name after death.

Venice under Austrian rule; Piave begins his long Verdi collaboration.

Named person as heading of the dated public instrument. Later editors, museums, printers, or offices share publication. Complex where later carriers are the surviving public file.

## Evidence and sources

Teatro La Fenice and Britannica independently date Ernani’s 1844 premiere.

Official or archival record: Teatro La Fenice — Rigoletto and Traviata heritage (https://www.teatrolafenice.it/en/; Fondazione Teatro La Fenice).

## Significance

A shared civic opera success is a cohesion path for theatre publics.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 9 March 1844 Fenice premiere. Not established: unique Hugo-rights coefficients.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Established here: a sourced, dated public instrument with a named contribution by Giuseppe Verdi.

They are not a public rating.

The driver `social-cohesion` is attached because the mechanism named in Significance follows from this instrument, not because a standing list of welfare headings needed another tick. Giuseppe Verdi did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. A portrait or conventional bust is not this mechanism. Allegation, reconstruction, and established occurrence stay distinct. Do not merge with later Fenice premieres. Keep the carrier date of later English distinct from the received historical year stored in the date field. Do not read a later English edition as a recovered autograph of Giuseppe Verdi.
The driver `social-cohesion` is attached because the mechanism named in Significance follows from this instrument, not because a standing list of welfare headings needed another tick. Giuseppe Verdi did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. A portrait or conventional bust is not this mechanism. Allegation, reconstruction, and established occurrence stay distinct. Do not merge with later Fenice premieres. Keep the carrier date of later English distinct from the received historical year stored in the date field. Do not read a later English edition as a recovered autograph of Giuseppe Verdi.

## People

- Giuseppe Verdi: https://factrail.ai/people/giuseppe-verdi

## Drivers

- Social Cohesion: https://factrail.ai/drivers/social-cohesion

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giuseppe-Verdi
- https://www.teatrolafenice.it/en/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/gv-ernani-1844
