Aida
Welsh National Opera, Cardiff
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Story by Auguste Mariette
Libretto by Giuseppe Verdi & Camille du Locle
Lyrics by Antonio Ghislanzoni
This was a new production for Welsh National Opera. It opened at the Millennium Centre Opera House in Cardiff on 27th May 2008 and then toured to Birmingham.
Creative Team
| Conductor | Carlo Rizzi |
| Director | John Caird |
| Set Designer | Yannis Thavoris |
| Costume Designer | Emma Ryott |
| Lighting | Paul Pyant |
| Choreography | Denni Sayers |
| Language Coach | Marko Canepa |
| Deputy Conductor | Michel Klauza |
| Head of Music | Russell Moreton |
| Chorus Master | Stephen Harris |
| Répétiteurs | Simon Phillips & Anthony Negus |
| Community Choir Master | Tim Rhys-Evans |
| Assistant Community Choir Master | Owen Webb |
| Community Choir Répétiteur | Sharon Richards |
| Vocal Animateur | Miriam Bowen |
| Project Manager | Sarah Teagle |
| Technical Director | Jan Michaelis |
| Associate Technical Director | Bobn Pagett |
| Assistant Technical Director | Richard Norton |
| Stage Manager | Julia Carson-Sims |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Liz Walker |
| Assistant Stage Managers | Katy Heath-Jones & Charlotte Hayne |
Cast
| Aida | Zvetelina Vassileva |
| Amneris | Margaret Jane Wray |
| Amonasro | Phillip Joll |
| Radames | Dennis O’Neill |
| Ramphis | Andrew Gangestad |
| King of Egypt | David Soar |
| Messenger | Philip Lloyd Holtam |
| Gran Sacerdossa | Meriel Andrew |