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coming soon CONDUCTOR ACT I Ancient Egypt. e warrior Radamès and Aida, the Ethiopian slave of Princess Amneris, are in love. Amneris, SAINT-SAËNS PRODUCTION daughter of the king, also loves Radamès. When he is SAMSON ET Sonja Frisell chosen to lead the Egyptian army against the advancing DALILA OCT 20, 2018 SET DESIGNER Ethiopians, Aida is torn between love for Radamès and loyalty to her homeland, where her father is king. PUCCINI Gianni Quaranta LA FANCIULLA COSTUME DESIGNER DEL WEST INTERMISSION Dada Saligeri OCT 27, 2018 ACT II Ethiopia has been defeated. Amneris, realizing NICO MUHLY / LIBRETTO BY LIGHTING DESIGNER NICHOLAS WRIGHT Gil Wechsler that Aida is her rival, is determined to win Radamès. MARNIE At the victory celebration, Radamès asks the king for NOV 10, 2018 CHOREOGRAPHER Alexei Ratmansky mercy for the Ethiopian prisoners, among whom is VERDI Amonasro, Aida’s father. e king grants the request LA TRAVIATA LIVE IN HD DIRECTOR and promises Radamès his daughter’s hand in marriage. DEC 15, 2018 Gary Halvorson CILEA LIVE IN HD HOST INTERMISSION ADRIANA Isabel Leonard LECOUVREUR ACT III Aida and Radamès meet secretly. Urged by her JAN 12, 2019

father, Aida makes Radamès tell her the secret battle BIZET AIDA plan of his army. Amonasro, hiding nearby, overhears their conversation. When Radamès realizes who Aida’s FEB 2, 2019 AMNERIS father is, he is desperate about what he has done. e DONIZETTI Anita Rachvelishvili high priest Ramfis has him arrested as a traitor. Aida LA FILLE DU and Amonasro escape. RÉGIMENT RADAMÈS MAR 2, 2019 Aleksandrs Antonenko ACT IV Radamès, believing Aida dead, has been sentenced WAGNER AMONASRO to be buried alive, but Aida has hidden in the vault to DIE WALKÜRE Quinn Kelsey share his fate. ey express their love for the last time. MAR 30, 2019

RAMFIS Amneris prays for peace. POULENC Dmitry Belosselskiy DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES THE KING MAY 11, 2019 Ryan Speedo Green Production a gi of Mrs. Donald D. Harrington

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