Aida - Arena di Verona

Aida - Arena di Verona

150 mins | Drama, Music | Nov. 5, 2013

The grand scale and magnificent acoustics of the Roman arena in Verona are ideally suited to the pageantry of Verdi's Egyptian opera, presented here in a staging that is true to the original 1913 production, framed by obelisks and sphinxes and filled with chorus and dancers. Chinese soprano Hui He has won international acclaim for her portrayal of the eponymous slave girl whose forbidden love for the war hero Radamés (Marco Berti, the experienced Verdi tenor) brings death to them both.

Aida - Arena di Verona

150 mins | Drama, Music | Nov. 5, 2013

Aida - Arena di Verona
The grand scale and magnificent acoustics of the Roman arena in Verona are ideally suited to the pageantry of Verdi's Egyptian opera, presented here in a staging that is true to the original 1913 production, framed by obelisks and sphinxes and filled with chorus and dancers. Chinese soprano Hui He has won international acclaim for her portrayal of the eponymous slave girl whose forbidden love for the war hero Radamés (Marco Berti, the experienced Verdi tenor) brings death to them both.
Producers Opus Arte, Unitel Classica
Original title Aida - Arena di Verona
Directors Tiziano Mancini, Gianfranco De Bosio
Writers Antonio Ghislanzoni

Cast

Hui He

as Aida

Marco Berti

as Radamès

Ambrogio Maestri

as Amonasro

Roberto Tagliavini

as The King

Andrea Ulbrich

as Amneris

Antonella Trevisan

as High Priestess

Antonello Ceron

as Messenger