Giuseppe Verdi: Aida
Staging team
- Conductor: R. Hein, J. Mikula
- Stage director: P. Selem
- Set designer: H. A. Farghali
- Costume designer: J. Jelínek
- Choreography: O. Šanda
- Assistant director: L. Cukr, P. Jirsa
Cast
- König: M. Bürger, L. Hynek-Krämer, O. Korotkov
- Amneris, seine Tochter: G. Ibragimova, V. Hajnová Fialová, D. Diaková
- Aida, äthiopische Sklavin: A.-L. Bogza, J. Svobodová, M. Hundeling, A. Rowe, I. Matyášová, J. Derilova
- Radames, Heerführer: N. Višnjakov, I. Jan, M. Lehotský, E. Kışlalı, M. Zhang
- Ramfis, der Pontifex: M. Horák, O. Korotkov, L. Mlejnek
- Amonasro, äthiopischer König, Vater von Aida: M. Cavalcanti, M. Bárta, J. Kettner
- Ein Bote: L. Havlák, J. Hruška
- Priesterin: D. Vaňkátová, H. Jonášová, J. Sibera
The work was made to order (commissioned by the Egyptian viceroy and opera lover Ismail Pasha) for the ceremonial opening of the Suez Canal (November 17, 1869), although Verdi only started writing it after its opening.
Verdi endowed the story of the Ethiopian princess Aida, imprisoned as a slave at the court of Egyptian pharaohs and living out her tragic amorous relationship to an Egyptian chieftain, with fervent music. He created a musical drama full of fairy-tale fantasy yet at the same time realistically convincing. Aida became one of the most renowned opera works ever.
Premiere: Jun 2, 1994
Response in the press
“The State Opera has scored a point: its Aida will be liked… The sets, by Egyptian artist Abdel Hafiz Farghali, in countless hues of the African desert, blend finely with Josef Jelínek’s costumes…”
(Michaela Zindelová, Expres, June 9, 1994)
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