Verdi’s Aida Conducted by Heyward at the Meyerhoff

You don’t need sets or costumes (or even live elephants!) to appreciate the magnitude and wonder of Aida, Verdi’s tumultuous tale of love and loyalty set in Ancient Egypt. All you need is a prima donna as spectacular as soprano Angel Blue, whose “voice perforated the hearts of her listeners and miraculously captured the tortured oscillations of Aida’s existence perfectly” (OperaWire), reported after a concert production led by BSO Music Director Jonathon Heyward with the Detroit Opera. This concert adaptation allows the beauty and drama of the original opera to soar on the symphonic stage.

PROGRAM

Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Angel Blue, Aida
Jamie Barton, Amneris
Limmie Pulliam, Radamès
Reginald Smith, Jr., Amonasro
Mark S. Doss, Ramfis
The Washington Chorus

VERDI Aida (complete, performed in Italian with English supertitles)

Additional performance June 15 at The Music Center at Strathmore.

You may also like the following events from Baltimore Symphony Orchestra:

• Next Thursday, 29th May, 08:00 pm, Zhang Conducts Tchaikovsky at Strathmore in Bethesda
• Next month, 15th June, 03:00 pm, Verdi’s Aida Conducted by Heyward at Strathmore in Bethesda

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