Film

Aida: Grand Théâtre de Genève

2019 · 2h 32m · Music

British director Phelim McDermott offers the audience a new take on the culture of the people of Ancient Egypt in Aida, one that allows us also to question the world in which we live. This new perspective entails a number of bold creative choices that do not make use of the traditional staging imagery associated with Aida. Aida’s command to Radames — “Ritorna vincitor!” — comes at a price. The triumphal march of the victorious Egyptians is a procession for the coffins of the heroes fallen in battle, the chorus are their grieving kinsfolk. McDermott’s staging resonates keenly with the images of so many civilian and military funerals that crowd our newsfeeds. Here is a triumphal march that does not seek to hide the true, lethal and disastrous nature of war, whatever side you are on.

Nazhmiddin Mavlyanov

Serena Farnocchia

Alexey Markov

Donald Thomson

Denzil Delaere

Claire de Sévigné

Anna Smirnova

• Phelim McDermottDirector
• Antonio GhislanzoniWriter

Release date

October 11, 2019

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

2h 32m

Genres

Music