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| Category | Classical DVDs, Classical Artists Movies, Music Video Videos, Musical, Classical Music, Opera, Operas, Soldiers, Egypt | | Starring | Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Chiara, Juan Pons, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Ghena Dimitrova | | Bass | Nicolai Ghiaurov | | Composer | Giuseppe Verdi | | Conductor | Lorin Maazel | | Music Performer(s) | Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala of Milan | | Opera Director | Luca Ronconi | | Opera Performer | Paata Burchuladze, Ghena Dimitrova | | Soprano | Maria Chiara | | Tenor | Luciano Pavarotti, Juan Pons |
Maria Chiara, Luciano Pavarotti, Ghena Dimitrova, Nicolai Ghiaurov, and Juan Pons star in this 1983 La Scala production of the Verdi opera conducted by Lorin Maazel. Extras on this 2 DVD set include making of footage, plus interviews with Pavarotti, Maazel, Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Tebaldi, and Dame Eva Turner. This 1985 production of Verdi's operatic masterpiece as marked the Pavarotti's (long-awaited) first Italian performance in the role of Ramades. Staged in the magnificently opulent setting of La Scala, this AIDA gets the lush treatment it deserves. The story of a pharoah's love for a slave in the exotic and Biblical setting of Ancient Egypt, AIDA is arguably one of the most adored operas ever written.
Verdi - Aida | List Price | $29.99 (You save $5.74) | | Studio | Naxos | | Orig Year | 1985 | | DVD Encoding | All Regions | | All Time Sales Rank |  70303  | | CD Universe Part number | 7392535 | | Catalog number | 100059 | | Discs | 2 | | Release Date | Apr 28, 2009 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Also Known As | Aida - Giuseppe Verdi; Verdi's Aida | | Running Time | 238 Minutes | | Additional Info | Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Subtitled; 2-Disc Set |
Verdi - Aida Movie Review  Great music, but.....
The music is spectacular, BUT, although the staging at La Scala is massive and impressive, it is decidedly, oddly inappropriate = they depict Egypt as ancient and drab, with picturesque fallen temples and massive stone heads lying about -- I think of Aida as at the time of the height and glory of Pharaonic Egypt. Also, the costuming is elaborate and costly, but with a definite and equally distracting Italianate Renaissance flavour. There is also a scene in the Queen's chambers where naked children dancing in her bath-pools comes across as edging on child porn. Pavarotti is glorious to hear but hard to watch... his great bulking weight causes him to gasp and stand about with is mouth open sucking air, which gives him, rather than the look of a victorious general and future Pharaoh, the expression of an amazed tourist who has forgotten his camera and has lost his travellers cheques. I would opt for a CD of the music alone.
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Verdi - Aida DVD 2-Disc Set
Region 0
NTSC
Keep Case
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital, PCM Stereo - Italian
Subtitles - Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Interviews:
1. Luciano Pavarotti, Lorin Maazel, Carlo Begonzi, Renata Tebaldi, Dame Eva Turner
Behind the Scenes:
1. The Making of AIDA
This magnificent production of Verdi's most-loved masterpiece was a triumphant success when it opened at La Scala in December 1985 and Luciano Pavarotti's long-awaited performance as Radames - his first in Italy - was greeted with rapturous applause. In this live recording of that production, Pavarotti heads an exceptional cast with Ghena Dimitrova, Maria Chiara, Nicolai Ghiaurov and Juan Pons all in peak form. Lorin Maazel's reading of the score shows a rare understanding of Verdi"s music.
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