Name: Aida
Start: 2017-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Großes Festspielhaus

Organization

Singer

Bass

Roberto Tagliavini

The King of Egypt

Mezzo-soprano

Ekaterina Semenchuk

Amneris

Soprano

Anna Netrebko

Aida

Vittoria Yeo

Tenor

Francesco Meli

Radames

Yusif Eyvazov

Dmitry Belosselskiy

Ramfis

Baritone

Luca Salsi

Amonasro

Bror Magnus Tødenes

A messenger

Benedetta Torre

A high priestess

Conductor

Riccardo Muti

Stage director

Shirin Neshat

Set designer

Christian Schmidt

Costume designer

Tatyana van Walsum

Video designer

Martin Gschlacht

Lighting designer

Reinhard Traub

Choreographer

Thomas Wilhelm

Dramaturge

Bettina Auer

Salzburger Festspiele

Others

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor

Orchestra

Wiener Philharmoniker

Italian

Salzburg

Austria

Großes Festspielhaus

In the history of the Salzburg Festival, Giuseppe Verdi's popular opera Aida was performed only once, in 1979, staged and conducted by Herbert von Karajan. For the return of Markus Hinterhäuser as the new Artistic Director, the Salzburg Festival has assembled an outstanding artistic team for this centerpiece, making this the most coveted and overbooked production in the history of the Festival. The superb cast was led by Anna Netrebko in the title role, directed by Iranian-born New York artist Shirin Neshat and conducted by the world's top Verdi conductor Riccardo Muti. The Neue Zürcher Zeitung praised Netrebko's "perfection and flawlessness" in her role debut and Francesco Meli, one of the finest Verdi tenors of our time, scored as

Aida Verdi

Public

German

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading