TWO of Verdi's great operas will be staged in Bournemouth next week as Ellen Kent returns with Nabucco and Aida.
Ellen Kent will be at Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre on Wednesday March 1 with a new production of the very first opera she ever produced.
Nabucco, Verdi’s haunting and melodic chorus of the Hebrew slaves, follows the plight of the Hebrews as they are forced from their homeland into exile by the Babylonian King Nabucco.
This powerful tale is laced with revenge, destruction and jealousy. A spectacular traditionally staged production featuring magnificent sets and costumes with amazing lighting and stage effects, Nabucco promises to be an evening to remember.
Presented by Opera & Ballet International, an Ellen Kent production with international soloists, highly-praised chorus and full orchestra, it stars Olga Perrier, the international French Soprano, as Abigail.
It is sung in Italian with English surtitles.
Then the company will be back on stage on Thursday March 2 with a particularly lavish and highly acclaimed production.
Aida, considered by many as the grandest of all Ellen Kent’s operas, is a stunning new traditional production, boasting an impressive new set built by Set-Up Scenery in the UK, who also build sets for the Royal Opera Covent Garden.
In Aida, the splendour of Egypt is set against the grandeur of the Coliseum of Rome with Ellen Kent’s direction influenced by the ancient Greek dramas of Euripides and symbolising the powerful religious hold of the priests of Egypt. This tragic story of war, jealousy and revenge at whose heart is the doomed love of the beautiful Ethiopian slave girl, Aida, and the Egyptian hero, Radames, is brought to life in a production set against one of the greatest pieces of music Verdi ever wrote with the well-known arias Celeste Aida, Ritorna Vincitor and the classic Triumphal March featuring a temple dance, cascades of glittering gold and amazing fire performers.
Sung in Italian with English surtitles.
“Visually and vocally gripping from start to finish” The Independent
It stars Olga Perrier, the international French Soprano, as Aida and Liza Kadelnik, the celebrated mezzo from the Romanian National Opera, as Amneris. The cast for both productions is subject to change.
Tickets: Call BH Live Tickets on 0844 576 3000
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