In 2023, MUST Opera House (Misr University for Science and Technology) in Cairo presented Aida Pocket for one performance on 16 February, conducted by Elio Orciuolo and staged by Davide Garattini Raimondi. Piero Terranova performed as Amonasro alongside Marija Jelić, Dario Di Vietri and Irene Molinari.
Opera in concert • Giuseppe Verdi
MUST Opera House (Misr University for Science and Technology), Cairo, EG • Thu 16 Feb 2023 • 1 performance
About the Opera.
Premiered in Cairo in 1871, Verdi’s Aida sets an intimate love triangle against monumental, ancient-Egyptian spectacle.
Aida Pocket condenses the drama into an approximately 100-minute, three-act version, focusing on the core relationships and musical arcs, here accompanied by a reduced 16-player ensemble and sand-art scenography created live in performance.
Performance Summary.
On 16 February 2023, the Italian Embassy in Cairo and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura presented Aida Pocket in collaboration with MUST Opera House (MUST University).
The production was conceived by conductor Elio Orciuolo and director Davide Garattini Raimondi, with baritone Piero Terranova as Amonasro, soprano Marija Jelić as Aida, tenor Dario Di Vietri as Radamès, and mezzo-soprano Irene Molinari as Amneris.
Production Details
| Date |
Thu 16 Feb 2023, 19:00 |
| Performances |
1 |
| Venue |
MUST Opera House (Misr University for Science and Technology), Cairo, Egypt |
| Work |
Aida (Pocket version) |
| Composer |
Giuseppe Verdi |
| Librettist |
Antonio Ghislanzoni |
| Conductor |
Elio Orciuolo |
| Stage Director |
Davide Garattini Raimondi |
| Ensemble |
Reduced orchestra of 16 Egyptian & Italian players; with Carmine Colangeli (piano) |
| Scenography |
Live sand-art by Andrea Arena |
| Presented by |
Italian Embassy in Cairo & Istituto Italiano di Cultura, in collaboration with MUST Opera House |
| Piero Terranova |
Amonasro |
Cast
- Aida — Marija Jelić
- Radamès — Dario Di Vietri
- Amneris — Irene Molinari
- Amonasro — Piero Terranova
- Single performance; free admission by registration.
- Innovative live sand-art scenography; ~100-minute reduction in three acts.
- Confirmed in Piero’s biography (Aida “Poket” project; Cairo, Feb 2023).
- Listed on Operabase as “Aida Pocket (2023)” in Piero’s past productions.
