to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in Egypt, it was commissioned by and first performed at Cairo’s Khedivial Opera House on 24 December 1871; Giovanni Bottesini conducted after Verdi himself withdrew. Today the work holds a central place in the operatic canon, receiving performances every year around the world; at New York’s Metropolitan Opera alone, Aida has been sung more than 1,100 times since 1886. Ghislanzoni’s scheme follows a scenario often attributed to the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, but Verdi biographer Mary Jane Phillips-Matz argues that the source is actually Temistocle Solera.

costumes by Archivio storico Cerratelli di Pisa

Sunday 26 May 2019
live on www.france.tv (France Télévisions)

Opera dinner? (more about)

LA FENICE OPERA HOUSE

Conductor ⎮Riccardo Frizza
Director ⎮Mauro Bolognini replicated by Bepi Morassi
Sets ⎮ Mario Ceroli
Costumes ⎮ Aldo Buti
Light designer ⎮ Fabio Barettin
Coreographer ⎮ Giovanni Di Cicco

CAST

Monica Zanettin is replacing Roberta Mantegna as Aida tonight 23 May 2019

Aida
Roberta Mantegna (18,26,30/5 -1/6)
Monica Zanettin (22,23, 28,31/5)

Radames
Francesco Meli (18,23,26,30/5 -1/6)
Diego Cavazzin (22,28,31/5)

Il Re: Mattia Denti

Amonasro
Roberto Frontali (18,23,26,30/5 -1/6)
Luca Grassi (22,28,31/5)

Ramfis
Riccardo Zanellato (18,23,26,30/5 -1/6)
Simon Lim (22,28,31/5)

Amneris
Irene Roberts (18,23,26,30/5 -1/6)
Silvia Beltrami (22,28,31/5)

Gran sacerdotessa: Rosanna Lo Greco

La Fenice Orchestra & Choir
Chorus Master ⎮ Claudio Marino Moretti

Nuovo Balletto di Toscana

English subtitles