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Tag Archives: Aida
Under the eye of Horus: a traditional Aida in Liège
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Aida, Chœur de Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Elaine Alvarez, Fernand Ruiz, Jean-Guy Lecat, Lionel Lhote, Luca Dall'Amico, Luciano Montanaro, Marcello Giordani, Michèle Anne de Mey, Nino Surguladze, Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Orchestra de Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Speranza Scappucci, Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, Tineke Van Ingelgem, Verdi
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Billowing silk and blue hair: Phelim McDermott creates an evocative Aida for ENO
Verdi: Aida **** English National Opera, 28th September 2017 Instead of posters for English National Opera’s new staging of Aida depicting a steep shaft of light over a lone soprano, they could easily have screamed Akhnaten II: Return of the Tomb Raider. Phelim McDermott envisages … Continue reading
Fright at the Museum: Slater’s Aida flops at Holland Park
Verdi: Aida ** Opera Holland Park, 24th June 2015 Third time unlucky? After a scorching start to the summer, with superb productions of Il trittico and Flight, Opera Holland Park’s season came unstuck with a horror of a show in … Continue reading
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Tagged Aida, City of London Sinfonia, Daniel Slater, Graeme Broadbent, Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Heather Shipp, Jonathan Veira, Keel Watson, Manlio Benzi, Opera Holland Park, Peter Audy, Verdi
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A whiff of greasepaint: Verdi crackling with theatricality from Chailly at La Scala
Viva Verdi! Filarmonica della Scala/ Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 3559) Riccardo Chailly conducts Verdi at La Scala all too infrequently. In the past decade, there has been a 2006 Rigoletto, followed by the Franco Zeffirelli production of Aida, where Roberto … Continue reading
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Tagged Aida, Alzira, Decca, Filarmonica della Scala, Giovanna d'Arco, I vespri siciliani, Il corsaro, Jérusalem, La forza del destino, La traviata, Macbeth, Nabucco, Riccardo Chailly, Verdi
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Digging up Verdi’s Aida at the Albert Hall
Verdi: Aida **** Royal Albert Hall, 3rd March 2012 (mat) An ‘arena opera’ virgin, I blithely made a prediction on my leisurely amble to the Royal Albert Hall for the latest Raymond Gubbay ‘spectacular’ featuring Verdi’s Aida: it would feature … Continue reading