![]() The Ethiopian princess Aida has been captured and enslaved, but her captors do not know of her importance. Tenor Gregory Kunde is Radamès, the warrior that both women love, and baritone Vladimir Stoyanov is Aida’s father, the fallen king Amonasro. Soprano Krassimira Stoyanova takes on the title role with mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk as her rival, the conniving princess Amneris. For these elements to exist on stage, Turin-born director Davide Livermore has found inspiration in silent epic cinema of the early twentieth century combined with certain references to Art Deco. For Michele Mariotti, conductor and music director of Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Verdi’s genius lies in his managing to combine spectacular, triumphal elements with a love story that unfolds far from public space in delicate pianissimi and sotto voce singing. This new production of Rome combines the colossal and the intimate. With its cast of hundreds, thrilling score, and sweeping tale of love and heroics in ancient Egypt, Verdi’s Aida has long been a fixture on the stages of every major opera house in the world. As they draw closer together, each must make a painful choice between their loyalty to home, and their love for each other. The ambitious soldier Radames wrestles with his feelings for her. Princess Aida has been kidnapped: a valuable prize in a war between Egypt and Ethiopia.
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