Aida - Giuseppe Verdi 2 DVD Set 2004 / Daniela Dessi, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Fabio Amiliato, Juan Pons, Roberto Scandiuzzi / Orchestra and Chorus Gran Teatre del Liceu / Conducted by Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez / Opus Arte

UPC 809478000945

REGION 0 NTSC DVD (ALL REGIONS)

MADE IN THE UK

AUDIO: Italian 5.1, Italian 2.0

SUBTITLES: English, French, German, Spanish, Catalan

Total Runtime: 186 minutes

English Summary:

A performance of the Verdi opera recorded in 2003 at the Gran Teatre Del Liceu.

Leading Role: Miguel Angel Gomez Martinez, Daniela Dessi, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Fabio Armiliato, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Stefano Palatchi 

This unique production of Giuseppi Verdi's opera AIDA was filmed at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu in 2003. Miguel Angel Gomez Martinez conducts an all star cast (including Fabio Armilato, Juan Pons, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Elisabetta Fiorello, Sefano Palatchi and Daniela Dessi) against a backdrop of historic sets preserved from the Catalan school of scenography. The paper trompe-l'oeil sets were painted by Josep Mestres Cabanes in 1936-45.

Aida (Italian: [aˈiːda]) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 December 1871, in a performance conducted by Giovanni Bottesini. Today the work holds a central place in the operatic canon, receiving performances every year around the world; at New York's Metropolitan Opera alone, Aida has been sung more than 1,100 times since 1886. Ghislanzoni's scheme follows a scenario often attributed to the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, but Verdi biographer Mary Jane Phillips-Matz argues that the source is actually Temistocle Solera.

Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu

Conductor Miguel Angel Gomez Martinez'

Stage Director Jose Antonio Gutierrez

Set Designer Josep Mestres Cabanes

Restoration by Jordi Castells 

Costume Designer Franca Squarciapino

Choreography Ramon Oiler (Companyia Metros)

Lighting Albert Faura

Television Producer Angela Alvarez

Television Director Toni Bargallo

DVD Producer James Whitbourn

Executive Producers Hans Petri and Josep Tarda

An Opus Arte / Fundació del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Co-production Opus Arte 2004

EXTRA FEATURES:

Cast gallery

Set Gallery

Illustrated synopsis

Josep Mestres Cabanes at the Liceu