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May 25, 2018 · Zeffirelli's Aida is a guilty pleasure. But it might have all looked ridiculous were it not for strong musical performances in support. Thankfully, we got them. Daniel Oren, the 63-year-old conductor who made his La Scala debut when this run opened, has conducted few operas as frequently as Aida.
- James Imam
These Aida casts have been filled with legendary artists too numerous to note here. But it should be noted that Frisell’s staging is the longest lasting Aida production in Met history. It is scheduled to be replaced in the 2020–21 season with a new production conducted by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and directed by Michael Mayer ...
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Dec 8, 2006 · Dec. 8, 2006. MILAN — Franco Zeffirelli was cheered and showered with roses on the opening night of his new production of Verdi's "Aida" at La Scala on Thursday night, making his triumphant...
Nov 6, 2016 · Nov. 6, 2016. To re-encounter “Aida” at the Metropolitan Opera in the 1988 production by Sonja Frisell is again to wonder what Franco Zeffirelli had proposed for his staging that made the Met...
Synopsis. Verdi’s grand opera is given an intimate performance. Verdi’s grand opera “Aida” is given an intimate treatment in Busetto, Italy, in 2001, in a staging with young singers, all coached by the legendary tenor Carlo Bergonzi and staged by Franco Zeffirelli. The result is an astonishing musical and dramatic piece of theater ...