Opera in 4 acts
Libretto: Antonio Ghislanzoni [Based: French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette's scenario]
First performance: December 24, 1871, Dar Elopera al-Misria, Cairo
Recorded: 2011, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Firenze
Il Re - Roberto Tagliavini
Amneris - Luicana D'Intino
Aida - Hui He
Radames - Marco Berti
Ramfis - Giacomo Prestia
Amonasro - Ambrogio Maestri
Messagero - Saverio Fiore
Sacerdotessa - Caterina Di Tonno
Chorus master: Pietro Monti
Dante Ferretti, set designer
Alessandro Lai, costume designer
Maurizio Calvesi, lighting designer
Francesco Ventriglia, choreographer
Zubin Mehta conducts Aida, Verdi's most spectacular and over-the-top opera, in a new production from the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Starring Marco Berti, Luciana D'Intino and Hui He. Verdi's Aida is one of the most popular operas of all time. It premiered at the Cairo Opera House on Christmas Eve, 1871, and was an immediate commercial success. The plot of Aida is filled with political intrigue, love, betrayal, passion, and vengeance, and has captivated audiences for generations. What piqued general curiosity about this new production of Aida was undoubtedly the operatic debut of Ferzan Ozpetek, a Turkish auteur who, after settling in Italy as a student, has become one of the most prominent directors of Italian cinema in the last decade, directing acclaimed films as "La finestra di fronte" (Facing Windows) and "Mine Vaganti" (Loose Cannons). |
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