Unitel and Classica Present

Unitel and Classica present

GIUSEPPE VERDI AIDa

From the Teatro Greco in Taormina

Conducted by Staged by Fabio Mastrangelo Enrico Castiglione GIUSEPPE VERDI AIDa From the Teatro Greco in Taormina

Conductor Fabio Mastrangelo rom the ancient Teatro Greco in Taormina, the “pearl of Orchestra Orchestra Nazionale dei the Ionian Sea”, comes this visually and vocally impressive Conservatori di Musica F open-air production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Aida”. Evoking a “Spielberg film” (Quotidiano.net), stage and video directorE nrico Chorus Coro Lirico Francesco Cilea Castiglione projects video images upon the columns and ruins Chorus Master Bruno Tirotta of the 3rd-century B.C. amphitheater, creating a breathtaking Choreography Rita Colosi virtual backdrop of Egyptian pillars and palms that opens onto the “Nile”, in this case, the Ionian Sea. Complementing the Aida Isabelle Kabatu virtual set is a pyramid-like monumental staircase that provides Radames Salvatore Licitra an ideal venue for the drama that unfolds. Amneris Rossana Rinaldi Amonasro Juan Pons Dressed in lavish Egyptian-style costumes by Sonia Ramfis Christophoros Stamboglis Cammarata, the performers – besides the eight soloists, a The King Antonio de’ Gobbi 100-strong chorus, a 12-member corps de ballet and 60 extras A Messenger Aldo Bruni – radiate dynamism and energy. Topping the lead trio of soloists Priestess Raffaella Fraioli is the Aida of Isabelle Kabatu, who sings with “intensity and Staged by Enrico Castiglione expressive depth” (Il Tempo) and who has sung this role in Berlin, Rome and the Arena di Verona. An internationally acclaimed Directed by Enrico Castiglione Radames (at the Metropolitan Opera and the Bavarian State Length approx. 150' Opera), tenor Salvatore Licitra scores another “great success” (Il Tempo) in this role. Mezzo Rossana Rinaldi, known from La Scala and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, dazzles as Amneris. A production of UNITEL and Pan Dream srl The Orchestra Nazionale dei Conservatori di Musica in coproduction with CLASSICA – an ensemble formed of the best young talents in Italy’s in cooperation with conservatories – is conducted by Fabio Mastrangelo, who Comitato Taormina Arte has made a name for himself at the head of orchestras from Toronto to St. Petersburg and Moscow. “For years now, I shot in HDTV 1080 had been dreaming of an opera with video projections that Cat. no. A00008819 are interwoven into the action on the stage” (Mastrangelo in Quotidiano.net). With this production, Taormina can truly lay claim to “a digital triumph” (Il Messaggero). Design: luebbeke.com