Aida is one of our top selling operas of all time and is a story about forbidden love set in ancient Egypt.
A rebellion is brewing on Egypt s borders and for both the oppressor and the oppressed loves and loyalties are about to be tested.
Egypt needs a hero to lead their army and the High Priest has chosen Radam s.
Egypt s fortunes will turn on his sword but Radam s has a higher purpose. Through victory in battle he hopes to win the hand of the beautiful slave girl Aida handmaiden to the princess Amneris and secretly an Ethiopian princess.
Aida is torn between her love for the Egyptian hero and her despair for the country he must march against her homeland.
And the Princess Amneris who also desires Radam s is beginning to have suspicions that her hero might prefer her slave
A royal love triangle spanning two nations at war
See it if you like: Historic epics like Ben Hur spectacular costumes technical wizardry
