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Verdi: Aida / Rachvelishvili, Colombara, Lewis, Mehta [blu-ray]

Release Date: 10/30/2015
Label: C Major Catalog #: 732304
Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi Performer:  Fabio Sartori ,  Carlo Colombara ,  Kristin Lewis ,  Anita Rachvelishvili  ...  Conductor:  Zubin Mehta Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra ,  Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus Number of Discs: 1

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Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece Aida at La Scala in Milan is an experience in itself. Consequently, this new production is an event barely to be surpassed, especially when played before La Scala's notoriously critical audience. Legendary stage director Peter Stein succeeds in delivering a lucid production acclaimed in equal measure by the press and public.

Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA
(Blu-ray Disc Version)

Il Re - Carlo Colombara
Amneris - Anita Rachvelishvili
Aida
Read more - Kristin Lewis
Radamès - Fabio Sartori
Ramfis - Matti Salminen
Amonasro - George Gagnidze
Messaggero - Azer Rza-Zada
La Gran Sacerdotessa - Chiara Isotton

Milan La Scala Ballet
Milan La Scala Chorus and Orchestra
(chorus master: Bruno Casoni)
Zubin Mehta, conductor

Peter Stein, stage director
Ferdinand Wögerbauer, set designer
Nanà Cecchi, costumer designer
Joachim Barth, lightning designer
Massimiliano Volpini, choreographer

Recorded from Teatro alla Scala, 2015

Picture format: 1080i High Definition
Sound format: PCM Stereo / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: Italian, German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese
Running time: 151 mins
No. of Discs: 1 (BD 50)
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