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Aida
Aida must choose between the man she loves and the homeland she longs for.
Betrayal is the only option.
28 Sep – 02 Dec 2017 at the London Coliseum.
Produced by ENO. A co-production with Houston Grand Opera.
A collaboration with Improbable.
Book tickets HERE
Aida is a timeless story of duty, love and betrayal amid the clash of war-torn Egypt. Four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, this is opera on a grand scale.
Following his recent Akhnaten for ENO, Improbable’s Olivier Award-winning artistic director Phelim McDermott stages this distinctive new production. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts Verdi’s score which contrasts swaggering military marches with tender lyricism.
Sharing the title role are two sopranos – Latonia Moore and Morenike Fadayomi – both of whom are making their ENO debuts.
CREATIVE TEAM
Keri-Lynn Wilson
Conductor
Christian Baldini
Conductor (Nov 10 & 17)
Phelim McDermott
Director
Tom Pye
Set Designer
Kevin Pollard
Costume Designer
Bruno Poet
Lighting Designer
Basil Twist
Movement Director
Edmund Tracey
Translator
CAST
Latonia Moore/Morenike Fadayomi
Aida
Latonia Moore (Sep 28-Oct 27)/Morenike Fadayomi (Oct 31-Dec 2)
Gwyn Hughes Jones
Radamès
Michelle DeYoung/Dana Beth Miller
Amneris
Michelle DeYoung (Sep 28-Oct 27)/Dana Beth Miller (Oct 31-Dec 2)
Musa Ngqungwana
Amonasro
Brindley Sherratt
Ramfis
Matthew Best
The King of Egypt
Eleanor Dennis
High Priestess
David Webb
Messenger
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