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Verdi's Aida is this Sunday!

Sunday October 13, 3pm, at Ridge Performing Arts Center in Basking Ridge, join New Jersey Festival Orchestra (formerly Westfield Symphony Orchestra), Music Director David Wroe, in collaboration with Opera at Florham, for Aida in concert, Giuseppi Verdi’s exotic masterpiece and one of the most loved operas in the entire classical repertoire. Passion, honor and the battlefield provide the dynamic backdrop for this tragic tale of the Egyptian general Radames, the Ethiopian slave Aida who loves him, and the Egyptian princess Amneris who loves him too. NJ Festival Orchestra’s concert performance of Aida promises to be a blockbuster from pretty much every angle —monumental sound, stunning drama, exotic melodies, rousing choruses, musical ceremony, triumphant fanfares, and, of course, some of Verdi’s most memorable tunes and arias. An opera as big as Aida demands powerful voices hence the orchestra’s massive collaboration with some of NJ’s finest organizations (Opera at Florham and the dramatic double chorus of Coro Lirico and Summit Chorale) as well as with international guest stars from NY Metropolitan Opera and beyond. Soprano Lisa Daltirus sings Aida, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Roderer features as the Egyptian princes Amneris, Tenor Allan Glassman sings the Egyptian warrior Radames and baritone Louis Otey features as the Ethiopian King Amonasro. The performance will be sung in Italian with English supertitles. David Wroe conducts. Expect explosive results. Purchase tickets at http://www.njfestivalorchestra.org 

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