Story:
An Ethiopian princess, Aida is a slave in service of an Egyptian princess Amneris. Aida and Amneris both, love Egyptian soldier, Radames. Radames loves Aida only. Without giving away too much, the king of Egypt offers Amneris' hand to Radames in marriage. How will true lovers handle it......................
Cast:
Except for dancers and priests' synod, only six cast members and they vary by performances. It was only singing; there was no acting per se just to emote pain and suffering.
Music:
I do not have musical ears but they all sounded good, especially Aida when she really belted it out. The songs were in Italian but they translated them on the screen for people like me. Orchestra was good too.
Venue:
Lyric Opera House of Chicago. A huge stone building built in 1928. Facade is old, I believe, and of Gothic style. Well maitained exterior. Interior walls are ornate and decorated with gold foil. The theatre sits almost two thousand in audience, if not more.
Costume and sets:
Seemed authentic for the Egyptian and Ethiopian antiquity. Lot of usage of Indian brocaded silk and glyphed pillars.
Duration:
The show ran for three and a half hours.
Audience Demographics:
The theatre sits perhaps more than couple thousands. It was packed. Based on my unprofessional estimation, seventy to seventy five percent were baby-boomers and older. Same percentages for Jewish attendees. Six to four ratio between females to males. Fifteen to twenty in a hundred were orientals. A hundred or two blacks. And Indians.......two; two of us.
Etiquette:
I saw only six children. All well dressed and well behaved. Show started right on time. Once the show started, pin-drop silence in the theatre- not even a random coughing sound. During intermission bathroom queue for females moved fast and in orderly fashion; no pushing, no shoving or elbowing.
All-in-all, a satisfying cultural experience.
An Ethiopian princess, Aida is a slave in service of an Egyptian princess Amneris. Aida and Amneris both, love Egyptian soldier, Radames. Radames loves Aida only. Without giving away too much, the king of Egypt offers Amneris' hand to Radames in marriage. How will true lovers handle it......................
Cast:
Except for dancers and priests' synod, only six cast members and they vary by performances. It was only singing; there was no acting per se just to emote pain and suffering.
Music:
I do not have musical ears but they all sounded good, especially Aida when she really belted it out. The songs were in Italian but they translated them on the screen for people like me. Orchestra was good too.
Venue:
Lyric Opera House of Chicago. A huge stone building built in 1928. Facade is old, I believe, and of Gothic style. Well maitained exterior. Interior walls are ornate and decorated with gold foil. The theatre sits almost two thousand in audience, if not more.
Costume and sets:
Seemed authentic for the Egyptian and Ethiopian antiquity. Lot of usage of Indian brocaded silk and glyphed pillars.
Duration:
The show ran for three and a half hours.
Audience Demographics:
The theatre sits perhaps more than couple thousands. It was packed. Based on my unprofessional estimation, seventy to seventy five percent were baby-boomers and older. Same percentages for Jewish attendees. Six to four ratio between females to males. Fifteen to twenty in a hundred were orientals. A hundred or two blacks. And Indians.......two; two of us.
Etiquette:
I saw only six children. All well dressed and well behaved. Show started right on time. Once the show started, pin-drop silence in the theatre- not even a random coughing sound. During intermission bathroom queue for females moved fast and in orderly fashion; no pushing, no shoving or elbowing.
All-in-all, a satisfying cultural experience.
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