Aida – review

Royal Albert Hall, LondonAida was premiered in Cairo in 1871, and this arena staging begins with extras playing archaeologists on a dig. During the rest of Stephen Medcalf's production, conducted by Andrew Greenwood, they are pared down to a single figure representing Amelia Edwards (played by Charlotte Medcalf), an eminent Victorian who devoted herself to the preservation of Egypt's ancient monuments.Her presence may be an intrusion on Verdi's tale, a love story set against the background of ...

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