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Tatiana Serjan (Aida), Rubens Pelizzari (Radames), Iain Paterson (Amonasro), Iano Tamar (Amneris), Kevin Short (Re), Tigran Martirossian (Ramfis), Ronald Samm (Messaggero), Elisabetta Martorana (Sacerdotessa)

Vienna Symphonic Orchestra, The Katowice City Singers’ Ensemble– Camerata Silesia,...

The culture clash of the two communities comes across in some vivid images...The final minutes of the opera, in which Aida and Radames are borne skywards in a flying chariot, are truly breathtaking...Rizzi... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2010 More…

Release Date: 1st Jun 2010
Catalogue No: 702308
Label: C Major

Verdi: Aida

Tatiana Serjan (Aida), Rubens Pelizzari (Radames), Iain Paterson (Amonasro), Iano Tamar (Amneris), Kevin Short (Re), Tigran Martirossian (Ramfis), Ronald Samm (Messaggero), Elisabetta Martorana (Sacerdotessa)
Vienna Symphonic Orchestra, The Katowice City Singers’ Ensemble– Camerata Silesia, Polish Radio Choir Krakow & Bregenz Festival Chorus
Carlo Rizzi (conductor) & Graham Vick (stage director)

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Set against the magnificent backdrop of Lake Constance, every production at the Bregenz Festival faces strong natural competitors. But with this first-ever production of Verdi’s “Aida” (in an abridged version) on the lakeside stage, it is easy to overlook the beauty of the surrounding nature. Stage director Graham Vick and set designer Paul Brown conjure up an “open-air spectacle of superlatives” (Die Zeit) that throws a bridge between ancient Egypt and today’s U.S. The stage effects are stunning: ruins of the Statue of Liberty pieced together with the help of giant cranes, boats carrying priestesses and prisoners – parts of the opera even take place in the lake itself! And in the Grand March – one of the most famous marches in opera – a golden elephant comes sailing into view on a barge¿ Under Carlo Rizzi, the Wiener Symphoniker brilliantly support the chorus and soloists, among whom Iano Tamar (Amneris) and Tatiana Serjan (Aida) stand out. Drawing capacity crowds of over 200,000 spectators in just one season, “Aida” is the festival’s most successful opera to date, even more successful than the “Tosca” production, which has been immortalized in the James Bond film “Quantum of Solace”.

In this production from 2009, stage director Graham Vick and set designer Paul Brown conjure up an “open-air spectacle of superlatives” (Die Zeit). Photos of the stage went to all over the world.

Bregenz Festival´s lakeside stage is known from the James Bond film “Quantum of Solace”

Aida is Bregenz Festival´s most successful opera ever!

“Bregenz Festival opens with visually stunning Aida” Agence France-Presse, Paris

“... you sit open-mouthed, enthralled and overwhelmed by the force of the massive operatic images coming together before your eyes.” Die Welt

“Everything is impressive and the singers are all fantastic.” Ö1 - ORF, Vienna

Running Time 135 minutes

Picture 16:9, color

Sound PCM Stereo, DD 5.1

Subtitles Italian (original language), English, French, Spanish, German

Packaging Amaray DVD

Booklet English, German, French

Artists

Vienna Symphonic Orchestra, The Katowice City Singers’ Ensemble– Camerata Silesia, Polish Radio Choir Krakow & Bregenz Festival Chorus, Carlo Rizzi (conductor) & Graham Vick (stage director)

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October 2010

The culture clash of the two communities comes across in some vivid images...The final minutes of the opera, in which Aida and Radames are borne skywards in a flying chariot, are truly breathtaking...Rizzi keeps a tight grip on every rhythm and despatches the opera in double-quick time.

September 2010

[Serjan] offers a lightish but cleanly produced spinto that relishes high pianissimo phrases...[Her] confrontation with Iain Paterson's Amonasro is powerfully done...the excellent Scottish bass-baritone makes the most of his imposing stage-presence...The choruses from Silesia and Krakow contribute admirably

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