
After 2000 years of history, the Arena of Verona is celebrating the Centenary of its Opera Festival with Verdi's AIDA by La Fura dels Baus. From rehearsals to the opening night, we follow the workers and artists who created the most famous operatic festival in the world.... (Full plot summary below)
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After 2000 years of history, the Arena of Verona is celebrating the Centenary of its Opera Festival with Verdi's AIDA by La Fura dels Baus. From rehearsals to the opening night, we follow the workers and artists who created the most famous operatic festival in the world.
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| National PostChris KnightHistory forms fantastic overlapping patterns in the Italian city of Verona, where the merely old bumps up against the truly ancient. This affectionate documentary takes place in the city's massive amphitheatre, which will turn 2,000 in 2030. |
| NOW TorontoGlenn SumiThrough all the human and technical drama, Verdi's glorious music shines through. |
| Victoria Times Colonist (B.C., Canada)Michael D. ReidYou needn't be an opera lover to appreciate this ancient ampitheatre's backstage drama, the mind-boggling complexity and magnitude of the production that the filmmakers capture. |