by Dana Rowader
synopsis
Opus Arte presents this 2003 performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida by the Gran Teatre del Liceu. With a cast featuring such notables as Daniela Dessi, Fabio Armiliato, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Roberto Scandiuzzi, and Juan Pons, this production was also performed using the historic "trompe-l'oeil" paper sets of Josep Mestres Cabanes (made from 1936-1945).
characteristics
- Self-sacrifice
- Princess
- Love Triangles
- Slave Girl
- Star-Crossed Lovers
- Traitor
- Tomb
- Interracial/Cross-Cultural Romance
- Forbidden Love
- Commander
- Commandant
- Egypt
- Escape
- Father
- Ethiopian [nationality]