All you need is love: Aidaâs romantic heart eclipses tech innovations
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If you stripped away the plot of Giuseppe Verdiâs
Aida, leaving behind only the spectacle â the grand costumes, the triumphant music, the dancers, the epic sets â that would be enough to keep an audienceâs attention.
With all the movement and colour on stage, it would be easy for the story to get lost. So itâs all the more impressive that, 150 years after
Aida was first performed, Opera Australiaâs Melbourne staging brings new depth to the story, as well as adding to the visual grandeur.
Big opera is back: Aida set to dazzle as high-tech meets Ancient Egypt
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May 6 is a significant date in Melbourneâs COVID-era recovery. The State Theatre will come alive after a year in darkness, when Opera Australia performs here for the first time since December 2019. Unlike many other performing-arts organisations, which have cautiously approached this pandemic year with small casts and minimal sets, the company is returning to its southern port with all guns blazing.
Opera Australiaâs spectacular production of Aida.
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Opera Australia Returns To Melbourne With Two Grand Scale Verdi Performances
Grand opera graces the State Theatre stage with the Melbourne premiere of Verdi s Ernani.by BWW News Desk
Celebrated Italian director and choreographer Davide Livermore, will finally have its Melbourne premiere next month, in a spectacular return to the State Theatre stage after an 18 month hiatus due to COVID 19.
Using OA s integrated digital technologies, Livermore s interpretation of Verdi s world of Egypt conveys the scale, depth and magnificence demanded by this monumental opera, transporting the audience experience to a whole new level. Ten towering LED screens create an immersive theatrical experience, as ever-changing floor-to-ceiling set pieces present video design that ranges from rich symbolism to vivid landscapes. Coupled with Gianluca Falaschi s magnificent costume designs, this production proves to be a feast for the senses.