AIDA, the grandest of all Ellen Kent’s operas, returns to University Concert Hall with a stunning traditional production.
Next Saturday November 5’s Verdi at 8pm boasts an impressive set built by Set-Up Scenery in the UK, the company that builds admired backdrops for Royal Opera Covent Garden.
In ‘Aida’, the splendour of Egypt is set against the grandeur of the Coliseum of Rome with Ellen Kent’s direction influenced by the ancient Greek dramas of Euripides and symbolising the powerful religious hold of the priests of Egypt.
“This is a tragic story of war, jealousy and revenge at whose heart is the doomed love of the beautiful Ethiopian slave girl, Aida and the Egyptian hero, Radames,” Emma Foote of the concert hall reminds us. “The tale is brought to life in a production set against one of the greatest pieces of music Verdi ever wrote, with well known arias ‘Celeste Aida’, ‘Ritorna Vincitor’ and the classic ‘Triumphal March’ featuring a temple dance, cascades of glittering gold and amazing fire performers”.
Supper before the opera? Enjoy a two course supper with a glass of wine and tea/coffee at River Bistro on the University grounds.
Book this package for UCH at ww.uch.ie; meal for Friends of UCH is €20 and for others, €24.
