Review Aida review - dour staging gains colour from the pit Royal Opera House, London Robert Carsen's new production of Verdi's opera of Egypt and Ethiopia has ditched the cliches of. Rose Theatre, Kingston upon Thames From a killer song about cosmetic surgery to ditties on doppelgangers and dogging, Dillie Keane, Adèle Anderson and Liza Pulman are still going strong
'Aida' Is a Rocking Love Story at The Muny Musical Review Features
by Keith McDonnell published: 19 May 2023 in Opera + Classical Music Reviews Angel Blue and Elīna Garanča set the Covent Garden stage on fire with their incendiary performances as Aida and Amneris in this star-studded revival of Verdi's grand opera. Aida (Photo: Tristram Kenton) Verdi's music reigns supreme in the Royal Opera's austere new staging of Aida; a community Bernstein production raises the roof; and a cult 90s work has never felt more timely Sweeping it All Aside. Carsen sweeps it all aside in this stark, contemporary vision of the piece, which despite its slightly wearying design arrives smartly at the dramatic nexus of Verdi's grand operas: love and politics failing to add up, and a sense of horror about what people in love with war will do to each other. Aida, Royal Opera review — no spectacle but musically powerful Orchestral playing of the highest quality distinguishes this new production of Verdi's opera Agnieszka Rehlis, left, as Amneris.
Review ‘Aida’ Gives a Taste of the Met Opera’s Bad Old Days The New York Times
Press night 25/09/2022. Running time 3hrs 15mins. Composer Giuseppe Verdi. Librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni, Auguste Mariette. Director Robert Carsen. Conductor Antonio Pappano. Choreographer. Sun 1 Oct 2017 03.00 EDT K eri-Lynn Wilson got a rapturous cheer before she had so much as twitched her baton on the first night of Aida - partly because it is still a rarity to see a woman lead. He also provides great support for Angel Blue as Aida, whose voice impressively soars across the chorus and orchestra even during moments that might have drowned a weaker singer; she portrays an electric nervous tension at the conflict in which she has been placed at the centre. Robert Carsen's production, with blocky grey sets by Miriam Buether, is set in a modern-day military dictatorship. Flags are paraded. Guns are presented. War — in case you didn't know — is.
AIDA, a musical with a feast of lights The DONGA ILBO
Military ritual under what looks like a Russian/Chinese flag prevails in Robert Carsen's severe take on Aida, more rigid than Verdi' s surprisingly unified late score - a musical masterpiece if not a dramatic one. With no Schiller or Shakespeare as base, only the Egyptians and international dignitaries to please for the opening of the Cairo. E nglish National Opera's new production of Aida is the work of Phelim McDermott, whose previous stagings for the company include Philip Glass's operas Satyagraha and Akhnaten, the latter.
Classical music. Review. Aida - review. Aida - review. Royal Albert Hall, London. George Hall. Fri 24 Feb 2012 13.45 EST. Aida was premiered in Cairo in 1871, and this arena staging begins. Aida review - Magnificently anachronistic Verdi | Theatre | Entertainment | Express.co.uk Whenever I see a new production of a classic opera, I ask myself three questions: What was the.
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The Royal Opera had assembled a fine cast, but there was one singer who really stood out and delivered a lesson in world-class Verdi singing - French baritone Ludovic Tézier as an imposing, idiomatic Amonasro. He possess a rock solid technique, and his sculpting of Verdi's long phrases, allied to a gloriousl, richly-coloured voice all cement his position as one of the world's leading. The original Broadway cast recording won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. A song from the show, "Written in the Stars", recorded by Elton John and LeAnn Rimes, reached No. 2 in the Billboard US adult contemporary music chart. Background
