Aida

Synopsis

Any performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida at La Scala, Milan, is guaranteed to be an experience – but, when it’s a new production, it becomes a major event, especially given the theatre’s notoriously critical audience. Legendary stage director Peter Stein succeeds in delivering a lucid production acclaimed in equal measure by the press and public: “a perfect coup de théâtre” (Giornale della musica). A “stellar cast” (La Stampa) contributes to the production’s success under the musical direction of Verdi specialist Zubin Mehta, who leads the orchestra in a “gorgeously colourful performance”, while “the entire ensemble is brilliant in ist portrayal of the characters” (Die Presse).

Additional Info

• No: A00050020
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Orchestra: Teatro alla Scala
• Artists: Carlo Colombara, Anita Rachvelishvili, Kristin Lewis, Fabio Sartori, George Gagnidze, Matti Salminen, Chiara Isotton
• Production year: 2015
• Run time: 02:31:00
• Director: Stage Director: Peter Stein
• Producers: Servus TV and Unitel Classica in co-production with Fondazione Teatro alla Scala
• Format: 4K