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  • Venue Royal Opera House, London
  • Performance dates Booking to 12 February 2025
  • Running time 3 hours and 15 minutes (including one interval)
  • Age guidelines 8+

Get tickets to Aida at The Royal Opera in London

Verdi’s captivating opera returns to the iconic Royal Opera House, where love and duty collide. Aida must choose between the man she loves and the homeland she longs for. Betrayal is the only option.

Robert Carsen’s ‘transformative’ (Financial Times) production situates Verdi’s large-scale political drama in a contemporary world, framing power struggles and toxic jealousies in a modern, totalitarian state.

Daniel Oren conducts Verdi’s monumental score, with Anna Pirozzi as Aida, Riccardo Massi as Radames, Ekaterina Semenchuk as Amneris and Amartuvshin Enkhbat as Amonasro.

Aida is booking from 28 January 2025 to 9 February 2025 at The Royal Opera House in London.

TWO NATIONS AT WAR

As Egypt prepares to launch an attack on Ethiopia, the ambitious soldier Radames readies to serve his country. But his secret love for Aida, an Ethiopian prisoner concealing her true identity, has grave consequences. As the conflict deepens, the lovers’ truths threaten to emerge, forcing a terrible choice between loyalty to home – and to each other.

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Who is in the cast of Aida?

The cast features Anna Pirozzi as Aida, Riccardo Massi as Radames, Ekaterina Semenchuk as Amneris and Amartuvshin Enkhbat as Amonasro.

Who are the creative team of Aida?

Music by Giuseppe Verdi and Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni

Directed by Robert Carsen, Set Design by Miriam Buether, Costume Design by Annemarie Woods, Lighting Design by Robert Carsen and Peter van Praet, Video Design by Duncan McLean and Choreography by Rebecca Howell.

Important Notes

Approximate Running Time:
3 hours and 15 minutes (including one interval)
Act I: 45 minutes / Act II: 45 minutes / Interval: 25 minutes / Act III: 35 minutes / Act IV: 40 minutes

Language:
Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Captions and translations in English will be displayed on screens above the stage and around the auditorium. Some performances also include Captions that give more details about the sound.

Venue Information

Royal Opera House , Bow Street, London, WC2E 9DD

Nearest Tube or Train: Covent Garden (Piccadilly line), Leicester Square (Piccadilly line, Northern line)

Nearest Buses: 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 26, 68, 76, 77a, 91, 168, 171, 176, 188, 501(southbound only), 505, 521, X68 all go to the Aldwych.

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Critics' reviews of Aida

★★★★★ - Financial Times

★★★★★ - Daily Express

★★★★ - Guardian

★★★★ - Daily Express

Frequently Asked Questions

Aida is playing at the Royal Opera House in London
The running time of Aida is 3 hours and 15 minutes (including one interval)
The age recommendations for Aida are: 8+
Yes, Aida has matinee performances on the following days:
No, sorry, Aida has now completed its run and is no longer on sale.

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