Verdi: Aida
Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, 9th March 2019
It’s with no little irony that as the Metropolitan Opera brings down the curtain on its epic “Valley of the Kings” Aida after 31 years of sturdy service, a new staging pops up in a corner of Belgium that already looks considerably older. Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera’s production couldn’t be more traditional if it tried. There’s nothing wrong in that – it’s a style the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège clearly favours – and after the ethnic grunge and Night at the Museum concepts elsewhere, it’s refreshing to return to the basics, but that doesn’t excuse the often static direction.
Luca Dall’Amico (Ramfis)
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