BIG ARTS Brings Verdi’s "Aida" to the Big Screen in Hi Def Thursday, January 6

Jan. 3, 2011 - PRLog -- Captured in High Definition video and surround sound, BIG ARTS brings Verdi’s Aida to the big screen in Schein Performance Hall, located at 900 Dunlop Road, Sanibel.  

Filmed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Daniela Dessì, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Fabio Armiliato, Juan Pons and Roberto Scandiuzzi lead the cast in the renowned period production filmed in 2003 against the historic paper trompe-l'oeil sets painted between 1936-45 by Josep Mestres Cabanes, the last representative of the old Catalan school of scenography. Mestres Cabanes worked on his Aida vision for eight years. The opulent staging he created in 1945 is here in every detail. The seven magnificent sets he painted for Aida in 1945 have been subtly and painstakingly restored by Jordi Castells and his team - revealing the palaces, temples and surroundings of Memphis and Thebes which the set designer had wanted to evoke in his historical yet also fantasy-like vision.

These fascinating sets are not just realistic - but also magical in the theatrical sense. Mestres Cabanes loved the theatre which he had been exploring for over a quarter of a century. His sets are dramatic and visceral, conceived for stage action, conveying the dynamic tensions proper to each part of the work – intimate, epic, severe, sensual, troubled and tragic.

Tickets are general admission $20, student $15.

Digital Direct Series Sponsor The Sanctuary Golf Club.

Want to read more? Please visit us at www.BIGARTS.org for more event information including links to Opus Arte http://www.opusarte.com/en/verdi-aida-liceu.html. To purchase tickets stop by BIG ARTS or call Marks Box Office at (239) 395-0900.

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