14 May 2020

LIVE VIDEO: APO Encore - Aida

From Music Alive, 8:00 pm on 14 May 2020

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra musicians and staff select their favourite performances, from their livestream back catalogue, to share again with audiences.

Join us at 8.00pm for tonight's video - a semi-staged performance of  Verdi's 'Aida'. Or you can listen to the same work on the radio.

No battleground is as dangerous as the human heart.

Premièred in the Cairo Opera House in 1871, this tragic love story is set in the time of the pharaohs when Egypt was at war with Ethiopia. A brutal war, an imprisoned princess torn between love and duty, and the desperate actions of a jealous rival. Such is the territory of 'Aida': on one hand, the grandest of grand operas, on the other, the simple story of a love triangle.

The video begins at 8.00pm on Thursday 14 May.

 

 

 

 

 

Synopsis of Aida

Performers:

Aida............................. Maria Luigia Borsi

Radamès...................... Antonello Palombi

Amneris....................... Olesya Petrova

Amonasro.................... Lucio Gallo

Il Re............................. Pelham Andrews

Ramfis ........................ Giacomo Prestia

High Priestess ............. Anna Leese

Messenger ................... Oliver Sewell

Freemasons NZ Opera Chorus, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Giordano Bellincampi

Audio by RNZ Concert

Video and livestream produced by JX Live

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  • Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
  • Maria Luigia Borsi

    Maria Luigia Borsi Photo: Benjamin Ealovega 2009