Aida
Giuseppe Verdi
In Italian language with German and English subtitles.
Libretto von Antonio Ghislanzoni nach Auguste Mariette
Synopsis
“Aida” is one of the most famous operas in music history and is particularly moving because of the deeply moving human fates that the work shows.
The Egyptian general Radamès is secretly in love with the slave Aida, who lives as a prisoner of war at court and is in the service of the king's daughter Amneris. What no one knows: Aida is the daughter of the Ethiopian King Amonasro. After a campaign against the Ethiopians, the victorious Radamès, who was celebrated on all sides, received an unexpected reward: he was personally betrothed to Amneris by the king. She has been looking at Aida with jealousy for some time. Aida and Radamès now find themselves caught between their public duty and their secret feelings.
“Aida” was a work for the Khedive of Egypt, who tried several times to convince Verdi to write an opera for Cairo. For the commission, Verdi not only received the highest fee ever paid to a composer up to that point, but he was also able to have almost any special request fulfilled. Verdi's monumental opera tells of a seemingly unbridgeable fault between two countries and a profound passion that drives people between and to the fronts of this conflict.
Since its premiere in Cairo in 1871, “Aida” has been one of the most successful works in the opera repertoire. The libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni - inspired by Egyptian sources - sparked an enormous creative urge in Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), who was already about to end his operatic career, and inspired him to write some of his most famous melodies.
Music director Leslie Suganandarajah conducts Andreas Gergen’s production of “Aida” on one of the most impressive theater stages in the world: the Felsenreitschule. Andreas Gergen, who was opera director at the Salzburg State Theater until 2017, is an expert in monumental musical theater productions and has already staged “Carmen” and “Hair” at the Felsenreitschule.
Duration: 3 hours / one intermission
Reviews
„Trotz zum Teil großer räumlicher Distanzen zwischen den Ausführenden des Landestheaterchors und des Extrachors gelang ein überzeugender Vokalklang. Die perfekte Abstimmung aller Akteure fußte dabei auf dem minutiösen Dirigat von Leslie Suganandarajah, der in jeder Situation Präsenz zeigt. (…) Zum schluss gibt’s anstatt des tragischen Heldentods ein nüchterneres „Game Over“.“
„“Aida“ goes „World of Warcraft“, das muss man erst mal riskieren. Insofern dennoch Kompliment ans Salzburger Landestheater.“
„Das Publikum ließ sich von den Reizen der vielfarbigen Ausstattung (Stefan Prattes) und der volltrefflichen musikalischen Aufführung begeistern und geizte am Ende nicht mit reichlichem Applaus für alle Mitwirkenden.“
„Cristiana Oliveira in der Titelrolle ist fulminant, sängerisch wie darstellerisch. Präsent im delikaten Pianissimo der Verzweiflung wie im kräftigen Forte des Aufbegehrens.“
„Christiana Oliveira füllt mit ihrem weichen, ausdrucksstarken Sopran mühelos die Felsenreitschule“
„Bestens disponiert sind Chor und Extrachor des Salzburger Landestheaters, die vor allem in den priesterlichen acapella-Passagen mit feiner Chorbalance, in den Männer- wie in den Frauenstellen, aufhorchen lassen.“
Selected performance
Th 11/23/2023 07.00 pm
Audio introduction
von Vinda Miguna
Cast (on 11/23/2023)
Musical Director
Leslie Suganandarajah
Director
Andreas Gergen
State Design
Stephan Prattes
Costume Design
Aleksandra Kica
Videodesign
Andreas "Ivo" Ivancsics
Choreography
Reginaldo Oliveira
Dramaturgy
Vinda Miguna
Aida
Cristiana Oliveira
Amneris
Julia Rutigliano
Radamès
Milen Bozhkov
Amonasro
Aris Argiris
Ramfis
Martin Summer
Il Re
Daniele Macciantelli
Una sacerdotessa
Anita Giovanna Rosati
Un messaggero
Alexander Hüttner
Ballettensemble des Salzburger Landestheaters
Dafne Barbosa
Valbona Bushkola
Annachiara Corti
Mikino Karube
Lucas Leonardo
Samuel Pellegrin
Kt. Flavio Salamanka
Ben van Beelen
Chor
Chor und Extrachor des Salzburger Landestheaters
Orchester
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
Bühnenmusik
Dániel Boldizsár, Jošt Rudman, Norbert Szász, Danica Szubotin, Felix Trebo, Gašper Valek
Choreinstudierung Carl Philipp Fromherz