A guilty pleasure: Zeffirelli's Aida at La Scala

Von James Imam, 25 Mai 2018

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“a golden stream of mellifluous sound in an "O patria mia" that made you want to so”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Teatro alla Scala, Mailand, am 23 Mai 2018

Verdi, Aida

Teatro alla Scala

Nello Santi, Musikalische Leitung

Franco Zeffirelli, Regie, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Krassimira Stoyanova, Aida

Marcelo Álvarez, Radamès

Violeta Urmana, Amneris

George Gagnidze, Amonasro

Vitalij Kowaljow, Ramphis

Carlo Colombara, König von Ägypten

Céline Mellon, Priesterin

Coro del Teatro alla Scala

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

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*****

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.