Release Date

11 Oct, 2019

Runtime

02:32: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

British director Phelim McDermott offers the audience a new take on the culture of the people of Ancient Egypt in Aida, one that allows us also to question the world in which we live. This new perspective entails a number of bold creative choices that do not make use of the traditional staging imagery associated with Aida. Aida’s command to Radames — “Ritorna vincitor!” — comes at a price. The triumphal march of the victorious Egyptians is a procession for the coffins of the heroes fallen in battle, the chorus are their grieving kinsfolk. McDermott’s staging resonates keenly with the images of so many civilian and military funerals that crowd our newsfeeds. Here is a triumphal march that does not seek to hide the true, lethal and disastrous nature of war, whatever side you are on.

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Actors

Nazhmiddin Mavlyanov

Serena Farnocchia

Anna Smirnova

Alexey Markov

Donald Thomson

Denzil Delaere

Claire de Sévigné

Crew

Antonio Ghislanzoni

Giuseppe Verdi

Phelim McDermott