Aida

tt2266516 Aida 2003 Gran Teatre del Liceu Verdi Italian Filmed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona Daniela Dessì Elisabetta Fiorillo Fabio Armiliato Juan Pons and Roberto Scandiuzzi lead the cast in the renowned period production filmed in 2003 against the historic paper trompelœil sets painted between 193645 by Josep Mestres Cabanes the last representative of the old Catalan school of scenography Mestres Cabanes worked on his Aida vision for eight years The opulent staging he created in 1945 is here in every detail The seven magnificent sets he painted for Aida in 1945 have been subtly and painstakingly restored by Jordi Castells and his team revealing the palaces temples and surroundings of Memphis and Thebes which the set designer had wanted to evoke in his historical yet also fantasylike vision