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The Latest News
A Powerful Aida Makes the Most of the Valentine Stage
Imagine putting the grandeur of the ancient Egypt of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida on the scaled-down stage of the Valentine Theatre.
Egyptians lived large: immense statues, mammoth pyramids, sweeping deserts, ornate and intricate ceremonies, a majestic Nile, and lots of eyeliner and tall hats. Verdi even added a triumphal march that is just, well, big. Add to that priests and kings and warriors; that’s an awful lot of humanity and scenery. Could it all work at the Valentine?
Yes, without even one pyramid.
Big voices, big drama! ‘Aida’ takes over the Valentine | Good Day on WTOL 11
From an ancient Egyptian setting to a complicated love triangle, Toledo Opera is bringing one of opera’s grandest productions to the stage.
Toledo Opera Returns to Verdi’s Aida, October 16 & 18 at the Valentine Theater
This October Toledo Opera welcomes Aida back to the stage. It’s been ten years since the opera has been performed, and it is the opera that launched the company in 1959. Guiseppi Verdi’s epic masterpiece with themes of love, loss, and sacrifice has one of the most recognizable names in and outside of the opera world. In 2000 a reimagining of the story was created as a Broadway show written by Elton John and Tim Rice, starring Adam Pascal (Rent) and introduced Aida to a millennium audience.
