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Arena di Verona, Arena
27 Jul 2025, Sun • 9:15 PM
Aida by Giuseppe Verdi. Directed by Stefano Poda
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Roberto Alagna,
Aleksandra Kurzak,
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Aida
Premiere of this production:
24 December 1871,
Khedivial Opera House in Cairo
Backstory: The Egyptians have captured and enslaved Aida, an Ethiopian princess. An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the King of Egypt. To complicate the story further, the King's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings.
Act 1
Scene 1: A hall in the King's palace; ... Read More
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Bavarian State Opera, National Theatre
28 Jul 2025, Mon • 7 PM
In Das Rheingold, the “eve” of Richard Wagner’s operatic tetralogy, Der Ring des Nibelungen, the course is set for the apocalypse.
Composer:
Richard Wagner
Cast:
Vladimir Jurowski,
Bavarian State Orchestra,
.... + 6
Das Rheingold
Premiere of this production:
22 September 1869,
National Theatre Munich
Scene 1
At the bottom of the Rhine, the three Rhinemaidens, Woglinde, Wellgunde, and Floßhilde, play together. Alberich, a Nibelung dwarf, appears from a deep chasm and tries to woo them. The maidens mock his advances and he grows angry – he chases them, but they elude, tease and humiliate him. A sudden ray of sunshine pierces the depths, to reveal the Rhinegold. The maidens rejoice i ... Read More
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Bavarian State Opera, National Theatre
31 Jul 2025, Thu • 7 PM
In Das Rheingold, the “eve” of Richard Wagner’s operatic tetralogy, Der Ring des Nibelungen, the course is set for the apocalypse.
Cast:
Vladimir Jurowski,
Bavarian State Orchestra,
.... + 6
Das Rheingold
Premiere of this production:
22 September 1869,
National Theatre Munich
Scene 1
At the bottom of the Rhine, the three Rhinemaidens, Woglinde, Wellgunde, and Floßhilde, play together. Alberich, a Nibelung dwarf, appears from a deep chasm and tries to woo them. The maidens mock his advances and he grows angry – he chases them, but they elude, tease and humiliate him. A sudden ray of sunshine pierces the depths, to reveal the Rhinegold. The maidens rejoice i ... Read More
Opera
Mariinsky Theatre, Mariinsky II
31 Jul 2025, Thu • 7 PM
Libretto by François-Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle after the play of the same name by Friedrich von Schiller Original Italian translation by Achille De Lauzières...
Cast:
Mariinsky Orchestra, Mariinsky Chorus
Don Carlo
Premiere of this production:
11 March 1867,
Opéra National de Paris
In 1556, the Emperor Charles V abdicated, celebrated his own funeral and retired to the monastery of San Jeronimo at Yuste. His son Philip II is now on the throne of Spain. To seal the peace between France and Spain after a long war, Philip marries Elisabeth of Valois, who has long been betrothed to his son Don Carlo.
Act I
Scene 1
The cloist ... Read More
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