OPERA
Supported by the Antenna Group. In collaboration with the Athens Concert Hall
& the Thessaloniki Concert Hall
A production of the Antenna Group
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera – New York
– Giuseppe Verdi: Aida
Libretto: Antonio Ghislanzoni
In Italian, with Greek subtitles
Director: Sonja Frisell
Set designer: Gianni Quaranta
Costume designer: Dada Saligeri
Lighting designer: Gil Wechsler
Choreographer: Alexei Ratmansky
Revival stage director: Stephen Pickover
Aida: Anna Nerebko
Amneris: Anita Rachvelishvili
Radamès: Aleksandrs Antonenko
Amonasro: Quinn Kelsey
Ramfis: Dmitry Belosselskiy
The King Ryan: Speedo Green
Conductor: Nicola Luisotti
In the long-awaited Met production, celebrated Russian soprano Anna Netrebko sings Aida, going toe-to-toe with mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili, who impressed as Carmen this year at Herod Atticus Odeon.
Ethiopian princess Aida feels torn between her love for her father, her country, and Radamès, captain of the Egyptian guard. Radamès sacrifices himself for her love; Amneris, the daughter of the Egyptian king and also in love with him, machinates, betrays, and regrets.