Verdi: Aida - BLU-RAY

Originally commissioned to celebrate the completion of the Suez Canal and the opening of Cairo's new opera house, Verdi's Egyptian epic Aida is here seen in a spectacular new staging in the Teatro Regio Torino by the Oscar-winning American film director William Friedkin, creator of such famous movies as The Exorcist and The French Connection. The cast features American soprano Kristin Lewis who has been heralded for her Inchremarkable voice, which she uses with powerful dramatic instinctInch (La Stampa), and Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili, whose Amneris Inchdominates the stage with her dark, rounded, irresistible voice and extraordinary stage presenceInch (La Gazzetta Musicale). Gianandrea Noseda leading the Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Regio Torino received accolaides from all Inchhe controls everything- orchestra, singers, chorus, dancers, acrobats- with an all-encompassing overview.Inch (La Stampa) Inchhe knows exactly when it's time to linger over a timbre, a color, an expressive chord.Inch (Corriere della Sera)