Aida

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Robert Levine, 28th March

The Metropolitan Opera’s now 29-year old production of Aida is still standing and still looking good. Gianni Quaranta’s gigantic sets – floor-to-sky-statuary, regal-looking staircases, a couple of horses, wise/exciting use of the stage elevator to change scenes (causing, unfortunately, a glitch the other night which delayed the final scene for a few minutes), costumes (by Dada Saligeri) mostly of

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Metropolitan Opera
Daniele Rustioni	Conductor
Sonja Frisell	Director
Gianni Quaranta	Set Designer
Dada Saligeri	Costume Designer
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Stephen Pickover	Revival Director
Krassimira Stoyanova	Soprano	Aida	2017 Mar 23, 27, 31, Apr 06, 10, 15 mat
Latonia Moore	Soprano	Aida	2017 Apr 20
Violeta Urmana	Soprano	Amneris
Jorge de Léon	Tenor	Radamès	2017 Mar 23, 27, 31, Apr 06
Riccardo Massi	Tenor	Radamès	2017 Apr 10, 15 mat, 20
George Gagnidze	Baritone	Amonasro
James Morris	Bass-baritone	Ramfis
Soloman Howard	Bass	King of Egypt
Jennifer Johnson Cano	Mezzo-soprano	Priestess

Aida

Reviews of Aida directed by Sonja Frisell