’MORTAL, DILETTO AI NUMI..’ AIDA, Anastassov, Encinas, Guidarini, Stade de France, Paris, 2001

AIDA Giuseppe Verdi Marco Guidarini Conductor Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Olga Romanko Aida Ignacio Encinas Radames Nadja Michael Amneris Franz Grundheber Amonasro Marco Spotti Il Re Orlin Anastassov Ramfis Erla Kollaku Sacerdotessa Christiano Olivieri Messaggero Louis Buskens Choir conductor Bulgarian National Choir Ballet Arabesque Companions Opera Aida Gelsenkirchen Talents Creative team Petrika Ionesco Director Bernard Arnould Set designer Addy Broeders & Dré Meulenbroek Costume designers Krzysztof Pastor Choreographer Marc Heinz Light designer Guy Desrochers Sound designer Stade de France, Paris, France September 2001 a COMPANIONS OPERA / STADE DE FRANCE PRODUCTION COMPANIONS OPERA From 1993 until 2009 Companions Opera presented some of the best-known opera titles in a “360 Degree“ setting in areas and stadiums, combining high artistic and musical quality. Looking back, we feel privileged that we, as a commercial opera company, with the support from so many promoters and venues in so many cities, could stage our productions in venues and stadiums with seating capacities from to in Europe and Asia. We feel proud to have reached more than one million spectators in the 15 years of our producing and touring endeavours. This live-experience will never be offered by us again, but we have decided to make all our 15 live video recordings available on a new archival website as well as on this Companions Opera YouTube channel. You can also enjoy the music of Companions Opera’s audio recordings of Aida, Carmen, Turandot, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, Il Trovatore, Nabucco and La Traviata, available on all streaming services.