VERDI - AIDA - La Monnaie De Munt - 2017

With war and acts of violence in the background, Aida tells the story of a fascinating and tense love triangle between the Egyptian princess, Amneris, Ramades, an officer, and Aida, a Nubian princess, captured and reduced to slavery. The historical scenes and triumphal marches, which have contributed to the popularity of this opera, are followed by intimate but powerful duets and introspective moments of great intensity. The director, Stathis Livathinos, who is the Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Greece, comes to us to stage his first opera, Aida. Conscious of the tensions at play in the Mediterranean Basin and the issues they raise of nationalism, the struggle for freedom, and exile, he explores the different facets of this opera in which personal desire faces a sense of duty, individual destiny that of the collective destiny. We must emphasize that the Mezzosoprano 𝑵𝑶𝑹𝑨 𝑮𝑼𝑩𝑰𝑺𝑪𝑯 is the wife of the Conductor 𝑨𝑳𝑨𝑰𝑵 𝑨𝑳𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑶𝑮𝑳𝑼. This is definitely, perhaps the worst story, both in singing and on stage. Even in the famous aria: 𝑶 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝑴𝒊𝒂, the soprano 𝑨𝑫𝑰𝑵𝑨 𝑨𝑨𝑹𝑶𝑵 has certain difficulties in reaching High C. CAST Conductor: ALAIN ALTINOGLU / SAMUEL JEAN (23 & , ) Director: STATHIS LIVATHINOS Set design: ALEXANDER POLZIN Costumes: ANDREA SCHMIDT-FUTTERER Lighting: ALEKOS ANASTASIOU Choreography: OTTO PICHLER Chorus master: MARTINO FAGGIANI Aida: ADINA AARON / MONICA ZANETTIN (17, 20, 26, 31/5 & 4/6) Radamès: ANDREA CARÈ / GASTON RIVERO* (17, 20, 26, 31/5 & 4/6) Amneris: NORA GUBISCH / KSENIA DUDNIKOVA (17, 20, 26, 31/5 & 4/6) Amonasro: DIMITRIS TILIAKOS / GIOVANNI MEONI (17, 20, 26, 31/5 & 4/6) Ramfis: GIACOMO PRESTIA / MIKA KARES (17, 20, 23, 26, 31/5 & 4/6) Il Re: ENRICO IORI Una sacerdotessa: TAMARA BANJESEVIC Un messaggero: JULIAN HUBBARD La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Chorus PRODUCTION: La Monnaie / De Munt (2017) WITH THE SUPPORT OF: BNP Paribas Fortis