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CHICAGO (2/8/24) — Torn between love and loyalty, a captive princess must choose between her patriotic duty and her love for an enemy hero in Giuseppe Verdi’s classic Aida, on stage at Lyric Opera of Chicago from March 9 to April 7, 2024.
Aida. Learning resources for middle school and high school classrooms. We are excited to give teachers and students a glimpse into the story, music and images of Lyric’s 2024 production of Aida. The presentation below serves to prepare classes for the performance experience.
8 mar 2024 · Experience opera at its grandest with Verdi’s visually stunning and musically captivating Aida, featuring intimate arias, dramatic duets, and thrilling Verdi choruses. As a riveting love triangle unfolds in an alluring Egyptian setting, the story is brought to life by principal artists Michelle Bradley, Jamie Barton, and Russell Thomas, all ...
5 kwi 2024 · Lyric Opera of Chicago 2023-24 Review: Aida. Though the most iconic grand opera in the art form’s canon, Verdi’s “Aïda” shouldn’t challenge a house of Lyric’s caliber too strenuously. The work requires four good-to-great singers, but we expect a top-five American opera house to arrange them.
9 mar 2024 · Aida. Opera at its grandest! Love and betrayal intertwine in a captivating tale. Aida, the Ethiopian princess, finds herself torn between her love for Radamès, the valiant Egyptian warrior, and...
11 mar 2024 · A scene from Verdi’s “Aida” now playing at Lyric Opera of Chicago. One of opera’s most admired staples is Verdi’s “Aida,” a tragedy set during the Old Kingdom of Egypt (c. 2700–2200 B.C.). It’s the story of a love triangle during a time of war that ends in disaster for all three star-crossed lovers.
In its current revival of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida Lyric Opera of Chicago approaches the challenges of the ambitious score with a cast well suited to the music and to the drama.
