“Aida (2006) Teatro alla Scala. Verdi / Italian.”
Early recordings of Franco Zeffirelli's 2006 production of Verdi's opera which saw Roberto Alagna's high-profile exit during the second performance. Egypt and Ethiopia are at war. Radames is appointed commander of the Egyptian forces by the King, whose daughter, Amneris, loves Radames. It is in fact Amneris' Ethiopian slave Aida whom Radames loves. Ramades wins the war against the Ethiopians, capturing Aida's father Amonasro in the process. On his return to Egypt he faces a choice between marrying Amneris or betraying his country through his love for Aida.
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Violeta Urmana
Aida
Also in
Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
Macbeth: Opéra National de Paris
Roberto Alagna
Radamès
Also in
Tosca
Verdi: Don Carlos
Ildikó Komlósi
Amnéris
Also in
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Roberto Devereux
Giorgio Giuseppini
Ramfis
Also in
Macbeth
Rossini: Moïse et Pharaon
Carlo Guelfi
Amonasro
Also in
Adriana Lecouvreur
Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
Marco Spotti
The King
Also in
Verdi: Rigoletto (Teatro Regio di Parma)
Puccini: La Bohème
Sae-kyung Rim
A Priestess
No other roles listed
Antonello Ceron
A Messenger
Also in
Rossini: Moïse et Pharaon
Otello
Riccardo Chailly
Conductor
Also in
Waldbühne 2011: Fellini, Jazz & Co
Beatrice Rana @ Lucerne Festival 2025
Orchestra della Scala
Also in
Verdi – Messa da Requiem
Aida
Franco Zeffirelli Director · Patrizia Carmine Director Antonio Ghislanzoni Writer
First release December 14, 2006 · Produced in Italy
Production
Decca
Production
Italy
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Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · December 14, 2006
Physical · Live performance
No release date listed for United States.
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