Opera di Roma, a new Aida signed by Livermore and conducted by Michele Mariotti. PHOTO

The Music Director of the Rome Opera Michele Mariotti (in the photo) approaches the new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece by Davide Livermore, on stage at the Costanzi Theater from 31 January to 12 February.

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“I face it Aida for the first time with the public and in the theater – Mariotti said – after having conducted it in the form of an open-air concert, in Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples in the summer of 2020, and a few months later in scenic form at the Paris Opéra but behind closed doors, with streaming broadcast

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For this new show, director Livermore (in the photo), who also signs the choreographic movements, is joined by his usual collaborators Giò Forma for the sets, Gianluca Falaschi for the costumes, Antonio Castro for the lights and D-Wok for the videos. The Chorus of the Rome Opera is directed by Ciro Visco. Aida is interpreted by the Bulgarian soprano Krassimira Stoyanova, who has sung it in the greatest theaters in the world, from La Scala to the Teatro Real in Madrid, passing through the Chicago Symphony Orchestra where maestro Riccardo Muti was on the podium.

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The tenor Gregory Kunde takes the part of Radamès in place of the indisposed Fabio Sartori on the dates 31 January, 3, 9 and 12 February

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Amneris is the mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk, also a great Verdian, who embodied the Egyptian princess from the Salzburg Festival to the Verona Arena; she alternates with Irene Savignano, a graduate of “Fabbrica”, the Young Artist Program of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma (performances on 2, 5, 7 and 11 February).

Amonasro is the baritone Vladimir Stoyanov, while the bass Riccardo Zanellato is Ramfis (in the photo). Veronica Marini is engaged in the part of the priestess, Giorgi Manoshvili in that of the King, while Carlo Bosi plays the Messenger.

Aida was commissioned by Ismail Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt. Composed on a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, who develops a plot sketched in French by Camille du Locle on the recommendation of the archaeologist Auguste Mariette, the opera was staged for the first time on December 24, 1871 in the Egyptian capital. Six weeks later, on February 8, 1872, it had its first performance in Italy, at La Scala in Milan. The first performance at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome dates back to 8 October 1881