Aida

In the organizer's words:

Aida lives as a slave at the Egyptian court. She is the king's daughter from hostile Ethiopia, but has fallen in love with the Egyptian army commander Radamès. She is instrumentalized by her father Amonasro to learn the military strategy of the enemy army. Meanwhile, Amneris, the Egyptian king's daughter, fights tooth and nail for her love with Radamès and tries to cold-cock her rival. They are all at the mercy of a merciless power cartel of priests and warriors.

At the height of European imperialism and the beginning of the colonization of Africa, "Aida" was premiered in Cairo in December 1871. It should be noted that Verdi's music was not concerned with musicalized history. Rather, he criticizes a society that despises humanity. In his production, director Calixto Bieito focuses on the chamber-play-like moments in "Aida" as well as the tense relationship between the political events of the time the piece was written and our present. This content has been machine translated.

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16.00 - 220.00€