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Organization

Conductor

Григорий Архипов

Stage director

Sergey Shepelyov

Set designer

Chorus master

Olga Zhilinskaya

Costume designer

Tatiana Izycheva

Choreographer

Olga Komleva

Lighting designer

Valentina Nikolaeva

Nikolay Anisimov

Singer

Bass

Сергей Гарашкин

The King of Egypt

Soprano

Ilnar Davletshin

A high priestess

Tenor

Dmitry Semkin

Radames

Mezzo-soprano

Lubov Dobrynina

Amneris

Ekaterina Odaikina

Elvira Gurieva

Aida

Anastasia Ivakina

Baritone

Vladislav Kalashnikov

Amonasro

Alexander Stolbov

A messenger

Alexey Chistyakov

Valeria Balandina

Anna Fomicheva

Ilya Varankin

Court soldiers

Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre

Yoshkar-Ola

Russia

Aida Verdi

Public

Approved

The opera was commissioned by Giuseppe Verdi as Khedif of Egypt; he strongly persuaded the composer to take up the opera. The music was written in 4 months, Verdi worked very hard and hard. As a historical canvas, he took only a four-page outline of the plot, written by the Egyptologist Mariette Bee, and, together with his French friend Camille du Locle, developed it into a four-act opera libretto. Then he invited the Italian poet Gislanzoni to rework it into an Italian libretto, and Verdi himself gave extremely detailed instructions regarding plot twists and even wrote some lines of poetry himself. 

The world premiere of the opera took place in Cairo on the eve of Christmas 1871. The performance turned into a huge international triumph. High society from all over the world gathered for the premiere of the opera. Only Giuseppe Verdi was missing. But he was present - forty-six days later - at the Italian premiere in Milan. The success of this production was just as great. Since then, "Aida" has been the most beloved opera performance and is included in the repertoire of almost every opera troupe around the world.

English

Aida by Verdi, From (2019/2019), Directed by Sergey Shepelyov,, Conductor Григорий Архипов, Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia

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