Aida

Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe

Librettist/Text Author: Ghislanzoni, Antonio

Conductor: Wellber, Omer Meir

Orchestra: Arena of Verona Chorus

Ensemble: Arena of Verona Ballet

Chorus: Arena of Verona Chorus

Chorus Master: Tasso, Armando

Aida: He, Hui

Amneris: Casolla, Giovanna

Amonasro: Maestri, Ambrogio

Il Re: Tagliavini, Roberto

Radames: Sartori, Fabio

Ramfis: Sampetrean, Adrian

Sacerdotessa: Rossi, Elena

Un messagero: Bosi, Carlo

Set Designer: Olbeter, Roland

Costume Designer: Uroz, Chu

Lighting Designer: Mazzon, Paolo

Choreographer: Carrasco, Valentina

Stage Director: Padrissa, Carlus

Stage Director: Olle, Alex

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Venue: Arena di Verona

Playing Time: 02:27:47

Catalogue Number: BAC104

UPC: 3760115301047

Libretto

Aida (NTSC)

Synopsis

Aida (NTSC)

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To celebrate the bicentennial of Giuseppe Verdi's birth, La Fura dels Baus opens the "Centanario Festival 2013" of the Arena di Verona. Carlus Padrissa and Alex Olle sign a brillant new version of Aida.

Aida is the most popular opera of Verona Festival, the only one performed every year, 17000 spectators enjoy the show every evening. This new production is designed by La Fura dels Baus. They transform the arena into a huge desert, creating mechanical animals and manufacture a solar power plant. They use their experience in leading large-scale shows and opera to create the Aida of the 21st century splendidly conducted by a young talented conductor, Omer Meir Wellber.

The Egyptians have captured and enslaved Aida, an Ethiopian princess. An Egyptian military commander, Radames, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the Pharaoh. To complicate the story further, the Pharaoh's daughter Amneris is in love with Radames, although he does not return her feelings.