AIDA, figlia di due mondi
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To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Aida, the Museo Egizio recounts the genesis, the historical context and the relationships that accompanied the birth of Verdi's opera, a masterpiece resulting from the dialogue between two worlds, Europe and Egypt, which music unites underlining the essential link between the two opposite shores of the Mediterranean.
It is the beginning of June 1870 and Giuseppe Verdi accepts from the viceroy of Egypt, Ismail Pascià, an unprecedented fee for composing an opera, in Italian, set in the time of the pharaohs: Aida.
A unique case in the history of opera, Aida is celebrated by two "premieres", in Cairo on December 24, 1871 and in Milan on February 8, 1872, and is today one of Verdi's most celebrated works.
The scientific project, curated by Enrico Ferraris, offers a critical insight on the role that the lyric composition assumes in designing modern Egypt.
The exhibition "AIDA, the daughter of two worlds" will be open from the 17th March until 5th June 2022 and is part of a broader transmedia project full of events developed in collaboration with partners who have made it possible to expand an innovative, highly articulated experience that connects music, images, architecture, cinema, dialogues and historical archives, podcasts, videos and guided tours: Teatro Regio, Archivio Ricordi, Istituto Nazionale di Studi Verdiani, Università di Torino, Aiace, Museo del Cinema, Biblioteca Braidense, Circolo dei Lettori, Libreria Gilibert.
info@museitorino.it
011 44 06 903
From Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
