The Semperoper’s new staging of Aida is an exciting debut right across the board.
It marks the first collaboration between the Berlin actress and director, Katharina Thalbach, and the world-famous conductor, Christian Thielemann, for both of whom this four-act operatic tour de force is new terrain.
As was to be expected, the Dresden Aida stars some of the world’s finest singers. The title role is sung by Bulgarian soprano Krassimira Stoyanova, who is joined by Francesco Meli as Radamès and Georg Zeppenfeld as Ramfis. The stage sets and costumes are the work of Ezio Toffolutti, who has previously worked for such big-name directors as Harry Kupfer and Nikolaus Lehnhoff.
