Organization

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Heike Wessels

Amneris

Julia Faylenbogen

Soprano

Miriam Clark

Aida

Tenor

Rafael Rojas

Radames

Roy Cornelius Smith

Bass

Sung Ha

Ramfis

Erwin Schrott

Bartosz Urbanowicz

Baritone

Jorge Lagunes

Amonasro

Evez Abdulla

John In Eichen

The King of Egypt

Philipp Alexander Mehr

Pascal Herington

A messenger

Christopher Diffey

Nikola Hillebrand

A high priestess

Iris Marie Sojer

Conductor

Alexander Soddy

Wolfgang Wengenroth

Stage director

Roger Vontobel

Costume designer

Nina von Mechow

Set designer

Palle Christensen

Nationaltheater Mannheim

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Mannheim

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Aida I Premiere on October 29, 2016 at the National Theater in Mannheim Musical direction: Alexander Soddy / Matthew Toogood Staging: Roger Vontobel The King: Valentin Anikin / Philipp Alexander More Amneris: Julia Faylenbogen Aida: Miriam Clark Radames: Irakli Kakhidze / Sergey Polyakov (guest) Ramphis: Sung Ha / Bartosz Urbanowicz Amonasro: Evez Abdulla / Jorge Lagoons Messenger: Christopher Diffey / Pascal Herington Temple Singer: Nikola Hillebrand / Iris Marie Sojer Giuseppe Verdi can even compose a duet from a last breath of life that keeps his audience in suspense for generations. Director Roger Vontobel sees the story of the beautiful slave girl, who longs for the love of the war leader in times of war against her own people, as a timeless parable about the friction between individual needs and social necessities. Enemies and friends wear changing masks here, between rite, community, excess and violence there is no power that could clear the chaos. Aida's tragedy is taking place not only in exotically distant Egypt, but all over the world, and so it cannot be a coincidence that the work was banned by Mussolini during the fascist wars of aggression against Abyssinia. More info and tickets at http://bit.ly/NTM_Aida

»Aida« by Giuseppe Verdi at the National Theater in Mannheim

Aida by Verdi, From (2016/2017), Directed by Roger Vontobel,, Conductor Alexander Soddy, Wolfgang Wengenroth, Nationaltheater, Mannheim, Germany

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