The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Verdi's Aida

Name: The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Verdi's Aida
Start: 2025-01-25T12:30:00-05:00
Location: Pollak Theater At Monmouth University

Schedule

Sat Jan 25 2025 at 12:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Pollak Theater At Monmouth University | West Long Branch, NJ

Soprano Angel Blue makes her long-awaited Met role debut as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country, one of opera’s defining roles. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for Michael Mayer’s spectacular new staging, which brings audiences inside the towering pyramids and gilded tombs of ancient Egypt with intricate projections and dazzling animations. Mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi, following her 2024 debut in Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, is Aida’s Egyptian rival Amneris, and tenor Piotr Beczała is the soldier Radamès—completing opera’s greatest love triangle. The all-star cast also features baritone Quinn Kelsey as Amonasro and bass Dmitry Belosselskiy as Ramfis. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.