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DATES

Jan 25, 2025
9:30 am - 1:08 pm

LOCATION

Newport Performing Arts Center

777 W. Olive Street, Newport, OR 97365

COST

$28

Adult*

$12

Student*

$24

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Verdi’s
Aida
NEW PRODUCTION—LIVE in HD

January 25, 2025
9:30 AM PDT

Soprano Angel Blue makes her long-awaited Met role debut as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country, one of opera’s defining roles. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for the New Year’s Eve premiere of Michael Mayer’s spectacular new staging, which brings audiences inside the towering pyramids and gilded tombs of ancient Egypt with intricate projections and dazzling animations. Mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi, following her 2024 debut in Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, is Aida’s Egyptian rival Amneris, sharing the role with Elīna Garanča, who returns to the Met for the first time since 2020. Leading tenors Piotr Beczała and Brian Jagde alternate as the soldier Radamès, who completes the greatest love triangle in the repertory. The all-star cast also features baritones Quinn Kelsey and Amartuvshin Enkhbat and bass-baritone Eric Owens as Amonasro and basses Dmitry Belosselskiy, Alexander Vinogradov, and Morris Robinson as Ramfis. Christina Nilsson makes her Met debut in the title role in March, and Alexander Soddy shares conducting duties.

Composed by Giuseppe Verdi

Starring
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Angel Blue (Aida), Judit Kutasi (Amneris), Piotr Beczała (Radamès), Quinn Kelsey (Amonasro), Dmitry Belosselskiy (Ramfis), Morris Robinson (King)

SUNG IN Italian (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
RUNTIME: 3hrs 38m
One Intermission

 


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