Any performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida at La Scala, Milan, is guaranteed to be an experience – but, when it’s a new production, it becomes a major event, especially given the theatre’s notoriously critical audience. Legendary stage director Peter Stein succeeds in delivering a lucid production acclaimed in equal measure by the press and public: “a perfect coup de théâtre” (Giornale della musica). A “stellar cast” (La Stampa) contributes to the production’s success under the musical direction of Verdi specialist Zubin Mehta, who leads the orchestra in a “gorgeously colourful performance”, while “the entire ensemble is brilliant in its portrayal of the characters” (Die Presse).
Released: Oct 30, 2015
Runtime: 151 minutes
Stars: Carlo Colombara, Anita Rachvelishvili, Kristin Lewis, Fabio Sartori, Matti Salminen, George Gagnidze
Crew: Giuseppe Verdi (Original Music Composer), Antonio Ghislanzoni (Opera), Zubin Mehta (Conductor), Tiziano Mancini (Director), Ferdinand Wögerbauer (Set Designer), Joachim Barth (Lighting Design)