Opera
Aida
Giuseppe Verdi
Should you turn your back on love when duty calls?
“Amneris: I love him too… I, the Pharaoh’s daughter, am your rival. / Aida: My rival! So be it – for we are of equal standing…” 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.
Gallery
Dates
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Tue 16 May 2017
Time
19:30
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Wed 17 May 2017
Time
19:30
Infos
MM Community Experience
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Fri 19 May 2017
Time
19:30
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Sat 20 May 2017
Time
19:30
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Tue 23 May 2017
Time
19:30
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Thu 25 May 2017
Time
19:30
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Fri 26 May 2017
Time
19:30
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Sun 28 May 2017
Time
15:00
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Tue 30 May 2017
Time
19:30
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Wed 31 May 2017
Time
19:30
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Fri 02 June 2017
Time
19:30
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Sun 04 June 2017
Time
15:00
Cast
Conductor ALAIN ALTINOGLU / SAMUEL JEAN (23 & 31.05, 02.06)
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
WITH THE SUPPORT OF BNP Paribas Fortis
