Verdi: Aida (DVD) – Elena Stikhina
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Verdi: Aida (DVD) – Elena Stikhina
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Artists: Elena Stikhina, Francesco Meli, Agnieszka Rehlis, Ludovic Tézier, Soloman Howard, Insung Sim, Andrés Presno, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano
Director: Robert Carsen
Video Format: NTSC 16:9
Sound Format: Dolby Digital / DTS Digital Surround
Region: All Regions
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Japanese
Number of Discs: 1
Studio: Opus Arte
Release Date: July 5, 2024
Run Time: 157 minutes
Love and duty collide and nations clash in Verdi’s political masterpiece, starring Elena Stikhina. In this new production, director Robert Carsen situates Verdi’s large-scale drama within a contemporary world, framing its power struggles and toxic jealousies in the apparatus of a modern, totalitarian state. Antonio Pappano conducts Verdi’s glorious, monumental score.
“A five-star performance of a five-star opera.” (The Daily Express)
History
Aida
This grandest of grand operas, Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida features an epic backdrop for what is in essence an intimate love story set in ancient Egypt packed with magnificent choruses, dramatic arias, complex ensembles and elaborate ballets. The opera is, at its core, a profound exploration of the conflict of private emotion and public duty.
The score of this 4-act opera is a sophisticated example of Italian Romanticism as heard in the “Celeste Aida” right at the beginning of Act I, her impassioned “Ritorna vincitor!” that follows and her great internal journey, “Qui Radamès verrà! O patria mia” in Act III. At the center of Act II, is the great Triumphal Scene, which ranks among opera’s most celebrated moments.
Notable performances include a 1955 production conducted by Tullio Serafin with Maria Callas as Aida and Richard Tucker as Radamès, as well as a 1959 performance conducted by Herbert van Karajan with Renata Tebaldi as Aida and Carlo Bergonzi as Radamès.
Today the work holds a central place in the operatic canon, receiving performances every year around the world.
At the Metropolitan Opera alone, Aida has been performed more than 1,500 times since 1886 and was presented again in the Met’s 2018–19 season.
Aida was commissioned by and first performed at Cairo’s Khedivial Opera House on December 24, 1871.
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