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Product details - Verdiands captivating opera returns to the royal opera house, where love and duty collide'. '.strtoupper('b')ackgroundrobert carsenands andlsquotransformativeand financial times production situates verdiands large scale political drama in a contemporary world, framing power struggles and toxic jealousies in a modern, totalitarian state'. '.strtoupper('d')aniel oren conducts verdiands monumental score, with anna pirozzi as aida, riccardo massi as radames, ekaterina semenchuk as amneris and amartuvshin enkhbat as amonasro'. '.strtoupper('a')n egyptian opera?andlsquocyprus spain jerusalem paris the banks of the euphrates mantua'. '.strtoupper('t')he operas of giuseppe verdi are set in a variety of diverse locales, depicted in some detail in the set descriptions contained in the librettos,and writes francesco izzo, in his aida programme article'. '.strtoupper('w')hile many contemporary iterations of aida have seen directors stage verdiands story of love and war outside of a more outdated andlsquoegyptianand read elephants, pyramids landscape, izzo acknowledges that there can still be andlsquolittle doubt that when the curtain rises at the beginning of the opera a sizeable majority of the audience will be expecting to find some rendition of the set description found in the libretto andldquoa hall in the kingands palace in memphis andhellipa large gate at the back, through which the temples and palaces of memphis and the pyramids are visible.andrdquoand a stark spectaclethe appeal, surely, is spectacle, the grand columns of said temples and palaces and colourful dance and chorus scenes the perfect recipe for a crowd pleaser'. '.strtoupper('b')ut strip this away andndash as in robert carsenands stark and deliberately cold staging andndash and aida, at its core, is still a rich and deeply immersive story'. '.strtoupper('m')uch like verdiands other popular operas think don carlo, la forza del destino and rigoletto, aida captivates audiences with its tragic love story and with its poignant exploration of the unbreakable bond between father and daughter'. '.strtoupper('i')t is these enduring themes, in the end, that allow us to think of aida not as an andlsquoegyptianand opera, but a human one'. '.strtoupper('a')ssisted performancesbsl interpreted and captioned performance wednesday 5 february, 7.15pmaudio described performance with pre performance touch tour sunday 9 february, 3pm |
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