Opera On Screen: Featuring the world's most celebrated operas.
Cast: Carlo Cigni (Il Re), Luciana D’intino (Amneris), Oksana Dyka (Aida),
Marcelo Alvarez, (Radamès), Giacomo Prestia, (Ramfis), Sergey Murzaev
(Amonasro), and Elodie Hache (Sacerdotessa)
Commissioned to celebrate concord between the nations, Aida (1871) focuses
on the war between Egypt and Ethiopia and the conflict between a soldier and
a warrior. A work both flamboyant and hieratic, spectacular and intimate,
and one of Verdi’s most beautiful masterpieces, Aida returns to the Paris Opera
after more than 50 years.
Performed at the Opéra Bastille opera house on November 14, 2013.
In Italian, with English subtitles.
There will be a 30-minute intermission between ACT I & II (93 min)
and ACT III & IV (83 min).
Tickets: $15 ($12 Bloor members)