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Verdi - Aida / Downes, Studer, O'Neill, Royal Opera Covent Garden |
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No, this is not the Broadway hit, but the original Verdi masterpiece, staged and performed to a fare-thee-well by an extraordinary cast in this 1994 Royal Opera production. Cheryl Studer shows why she was one of America's leading sopranos in the late 1980s and early '90s before bowing out because of overwork and strain. Her Aida is touching, proud, defiant--in short, the quintessential Verdi heroine. Her Radames, Dennis O'Neill, is only adequate, which puts both Aida and her rival Amneris (Luciana d'Intino in a forceful portrayal) at odds over seemingly nothing. The Royal Opera Chorus performs Verdi's glorious choral moments brilliantly, and the Royal Opera House Orchestra, under Edward Downes, gives a solid, vigorous account of one of Verdi's most shimmering scores. Elijah Moshinsky's staging abounds in many clever touches, and the sets and costumes are evocative without being too elaborately overwhelming. --Kevin Filipski
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