Verdi's Aida in Concert With Met Opera Performers at Filene Center - Wolf Trap

Giuseppe Verdi's Aida is one of the most loved and most frequently performed of all operas. Composed at the request of the King of Egypt for the opening of the Suez Canal in 1871, the opera tells the tragic tale of a love triangle in which an enslaved Ethiopian princess' passionate love for the military leader Radames is doomed when he's ordered to marry the Pharaoh's daughter. This production includes several Wolf Trap Opera alumni who've performed at New York City's Metropolitan Opera -- soprano Marjorie Owens, mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung and tenor Carl Tanner. In this concert opera performance, there are no costumes, sets or props to distract you -- just the majestic voices of the singers and the powerful music of the National Symphony Orchestra, as directed by Daniele Callegari. Aida is sung in Italian with English supertitles.