Next Sunday, June 16, at 5 p.m. there will be a performance of the opera Aida in the Alberto Ginastera Room of the Provincial Center of the Arts Argentine Theater for the benefit of the Cooperator of the Dr. Noel H. Sbarra Specialized Zonal Hospital –former Casa Cuna de La Plata–. It will be within the framework of the replacement of the work of Giuseppe Verdi. Tickets will be available on the Livepass website.
The musical direction is Carlos Vieu and stage direction Maria Concepción Perre and Maria de la Paz Perrethey will intervene Orchestra and the Stable Choirthe latter with the preparation of Santiago Cano. The cast on Sunday the 16th will be made up of Monserrat Maldonado like Aida, Enrique Folger like Radames, Guadalupe Barrientos like Amneris, Fabian Veloz like Amonasro, Juan Barrile like Ramfis, Oreste Chlopecki like the king, Arnaldo Quiroga like a messenger and María del Rocío Giordano like the priestess. The scenery is María José Besozzi; the locker room, Stella Maris Müller; lighting, Gabriel Lorentiand the choreography of María Marta Colusiwith assistance from Valentin Fernandez and the participation of members of the Stable Ballet.
The megaproduction returned in 2023 and also meant a full reactivation of all sections of the Argentine Theater. The show involves more than 220 people on stage and in the pit, including solo singers, members of the orchestra, chorus and ballet, and extras. This work has a total estimated duration, including the only scheduled interval, of 160 minutes.
Aida will also go on stage on Friday, June 14, at 8:00 p.m.; on Saturday the 15th, also at 8:00 p.m. Tickets for these dates, free and with online reservation, can be obtained from Wednesday the 12th for the performances on June 14 and 15, at the same time, through the link published on the website and on the social networks of the Cultural Institute of the Province of Buenos Aires and the Argentine Theater.
“In this context, it is extremely important to be able to promote solidarity activities that are intended to accompany the institutions of our community,” they maintained from the Cultural Institute who presides Florence Saintout.
The name of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) is synonymous with opera. Aida It is his twenty-fifth foray into the genre, he wrote it when he was almost sixty years old and it became one of his most celebrated works. He composed it at the request of the Khedive of Egypt and it premiered in Cairo in 1871. The Italian libretto of Antonio Guislanzoni It is based on the French version of Camille du Loclewho in turn was inspired by a story imagined by the French archaeologist Auguste Mariette.
It tells of a love triangle between Aida, an Ethiopian princess who has been captured; Radames, an Egyptian military leader, and Amneris, the pharaoh’s daughter, whose attraction to the warrior is not reciprocated. In addition to having unforgettable scenes, such as the famous Triumphal March, Aida It is a piece of great scenic monumentality that accompanies a formidable score, which includes some of the best arias, duets, trios and choruses of the entire lyrical repertoire.
* Alberto Ginastera Room, of the Teatro Argentino Provincial Center for the Arts, on Avenue 51 between streets 9 and 10, La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires.
Photos: Courtesy of the Cultural Institute of the Province of Buenos Aires Press.
