Aida

Synopsis

From the ancient Teatro Greco in Taormina, the ‘pearl of the Ionian Sea’, comes this visually and vocally impressive open-air production of Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘Aida’. Evoking a’Spielberg film’ (Quotidiano.net), stage and video director Enrico Castiglione projects video images upon the columns and ruins of the 3rd-century B.C. amphitheater, creating a breathtaking virtual backdrop of Egyptian pillars and palms that opens onto the ‘Nile’, in this case, the Ionian Sea.

Additional Info

• No: A00008819
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Conductor: Fabio Mastrangelo
• Orchestra: Orchestra Nazionale di Conservatori di Musica / Chorus: Coro Lirico Francesco Cilea
• Artists: Isabell Kabatu, Rossana Rinaldi, Salvatore Licitra, Juan Pons, Christophoros Stamboglis, Sergio Fontana
• Production year: 2009
• Run time: 02:29:00
• Director: Enrico Castiglione
• Producers: UNITEL and Pan Dream srl in coproduction with CLASSICA in cooperation with Comitato Taormina Arte
• Format: HDTV