Aida at THE NORWEGIAN OPERA & BALLET

Timeless classic. Verdi’s Aida is back! In a new production based on what went on behind the facade. Forget the camels and elephants - the widely acclaimed director David McVicar will be bringing out the brutality and the dark side of Egyptian society in the time of the Pharaohs. A society governed by rituals, obsessed with death, driven by war-making and power. How can love between a prisoner and guard survive when up against forces such as these? The contrasts between the monumental and the intimate make Aida a unique operatic experience.

This is a co-production between the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia and the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet.
Music: Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Antonio Ghislanzoni
Musical direction: Pier Giorgio Morandi
Director: David McVicar
Restaging: Leah Hausman
Scenography: Jean-Marc Puissant
Costumes: Moritz Junge
Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton,Fin Walker