Aida is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in Egypt, it was commissioned by and first performed at Cairo's Khedivial Opera House on 24 December 1871; Giovanni Bottesini conducted after Verdi himself withdrew. Today the work holds a central place in the operatic canon, receiving performances every year around the world; at New York's Metropolitan Opera alone, Aida has been sung more than 1,100 times since 1886.

 

Music: Giuseppe VERDI
Libretto: Antonio GHISLANZONI
Conductor: XU Zhong
Director & Set Designer: Jean-Louis GRINDA
Lighting Designer: Roberto VENTURI
Costume Designer: Françoise RAYBAUD
Choreographer: Eugénie ANDRIN
Associate Set Designer: Nicola Antonia SCHIMID
Assistant to Stage Director: Volha PALIAKOVA
Coach: Sebastien DRIENT, Alessandro AMORETTI
Chorus Master: Tiziana CARLINI

 

Aida: HE Hui | XU Xiaoying
Radames: Marco BERTI | HAN Peng
Amneris: Ekaterina SEMENCHUCK | DONG Fang
Amonasro: Carlos ALMAGUER | YANG Xiaoyong
Ramfis: Roberto SCANDIUZZI
King of Egypt: Sergey ARTAMONOV | YU Yang
Messenger: ZHENG Yao
High priestess: DU Xinxin

 

Shanghai Opera House Orchestra