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Thu, 21st May 2009 - Wed, 27th May 2009

Verdi wrote Aida for celebrations of the opening of the Suez Canal, and the result is a splendid, festive opera with demanding but beautiful solo and choral parts. The Egyptian army commander Radames hopes that his successful military campaign will allow him to marry the young Aida. She is a slave in Egypt, but what nobody knows is that she is the daughter of the Ethiopian king Amonasro. And it is against him that Radames will wage a war. However, Radames is also loved by the Egyptian princess Amneris, who is promised to him by her father as a reward for victory. Aida realises that Amneris will never give up Radames and wants to flee with him. At her father’s request she leads Radames to reveal which route the next attack on the Ethiopians will take. Radames realises his treason and allows himself to be arrested, but allows Aida and her father to escape. For this deed Radames is to be entombed alive, but in the dark chamber he encounters Aida, who wants to bear his fate with him. The opera is rich in beautiful melodies with exotic motives and in effective scenes and arias.