Aida

Aida must choose between the man she loves and the homeland she longs for. Betrayal is the only option.

Aida is a timeless story of duty, love and betrayal amid the clash of war. This is opera on a grand scale, in which ENO’s award-winning Chorus and Orchestra will demonstrate their full power.

Following his recent Akhnaten for ENO, Improbable’s Olivier Award-winning director Phelim McDermott stages this distinctive new production. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts Verdi’s score which contrasts swaggering military marches with tender lyricism.

Performing the title role is soprano Latonia Moore in her ENO debut. As Radamès, we welcome back the popular ENO artist Gwyn Hughes Jones.

'Blindingly beautiful'

Time Out

'A benchmark for a spectacle if there ever was one'

The Stage

'An eye-catchingly dramatic new production'

The Daily Express

Running Time
3hrs 05mins

Running time includes one interval of 20 minutes.

Tickets available from £12 plus booking fee.* There are 500 tickets at every performance at £20 or under.

Pre performance talk
3 Oct 2017
Tickets £5 (£2.50 for concessions)
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Language
Sung in English, with surtitles projected above the stage

*ENO charges a £1.50 booking fee per ticket, or a maximum of £6 per transaction.

For more information, please contact our box office on 020 7845 9300 or [email protected]

A collaboration with Improbable

Co-production with Houston Grand Opera

New production supported by a syndicate of donors

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ENO Aida: Production trailer

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Watch the trailer for ENO's production of Verdi's Aida directed by Phelim McDermott.
ENO Aida: Final shapes in the set design: Latonia Moore (c) Tristram Kenton

ENO Aida: Production Gallery

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ENO Aida: Pre-Performance Talk

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The female members of the chorus having their costumes adjusted by Emily Adamson (c) Tristam Kenton

ENO Aida: Behind the Scenes Gallery

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Introduction to Verdi's Aida with director Phelim McDermott

ENO Aida: An Introduction with Director Phelim McDermott

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ENO Aida: And that's just Act 1

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ENO Aida: Trailer

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Discover Aida
Black and white headshot of Keri-Lynn Wilson looking to camera, holding conducting baton.

Keri-Lynn Wilson

Conductor

Christian Baldini - Music Director at English National Opera

Christian Baldini

Conductor

10 & 17 November
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Phelim McDermott

Director

Tom Pye - Set Designer at English National Opera

Tom Pye

Set Designer

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Kevin Pollard

Costume Designer

Bruno Poet Headshot

Bruno Poet

Lighting Designer

Basil Twist - Effects Choreographer at English National Opera

Basil Twist

Silk Effects Choreographer

Lina Johansson - Movement Director at English National Opera

Lina Johansson

Movement Director

Edmund Tracey

Translator

Latonia Moore - Aida Soprano at English National Opera

Latonia Moore

Aida

28 September - 27 November
Gweneth Rand looking directly to camera

Gweneth Ann Rand

Aida

29 November and 2 December
Gwyn Hughes Jones - Aida Tenor at English National Opera

Gwyn Hughes Jones

Radamès

Michelle DeYoung - Mezzo-soprano at English National Opera

Michelle DeYoung

Amneris

28 September - 27 October
Dana Beth Miller - Mezzo-soprano at English National Opera

Dana Beth Miller

Amneris

31 October - 2 December
Musa Ngqungwana smiling to camera

Musa Ngqungwana

Amonasro

Brindley Sherratt smiling and looking off to the side

Brindley Sherratt

Ramfis

Black and white image of Robert Winslade Anderson smiling to camera

Robert Winslade Anderson

Ramfis

28 September and 3, 6, 9, 11 October
Matthew Best - Bass & Opera Singer at English National Opera

Matthew Best

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Eleanor Dennis - artist at English National Opera

Eleanor Dennis

High Priestess

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David Webb

Messenger

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