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Festival Alejandro Granda Unveils Full-Scale Aida for May at Lima’s Gran Teatro Nacional

Tickets are on sale with a 15% discount for El Comercio subscribers.

Overview

  • Performances run May 17 at 5 p.m. and May 20 and 22 at 7:30 p.m., with tickets available through Teleticket.
  • The staging is led by Italian director Renato Bonajuto and conductor Cesare della Sciucca, with Yolanda Auyanet, Ivan Magrì, Zinaida Tsarenko, Marco Caria and Alberto Comes in the principal roles.
  • Sinfonía por el Perú and its youth orchestra provide the musical forces, and the opera will be sung in Italian with Spanish surtitles.
  • El Comercio reports a 15% ticket discount for Club El Comercio subscribers for this production.
  • Design credits differ across outlets, with Perú21 and Correo naming scenographer Pepe Sialer and El Comercio citing José Luis Sialer, while costume design is by Peruvian art director Susana Torres.