Aida (1987 film)

Aida
Directed by	Claes Fellbom
Written by	Claes Fellbom
Produced by	Staffan Rydén  [ sv ]
Starring	Margareta Ridderstedt  [ sv ], Niklas Ek  [ sv ], Robert Grundin  [ sv ]
Music by	Giuseppe Verdi
Release date	1987 (1987)
Running time	95 minutes
Languages	Italian, Swedish

Aida is a 1987 Swedish movie, directed by Claes Fellbom. The film is based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Aida .

Robert Grundin  [ sv ] sings the part of Radamès, and the role is played by dancer Niklas Ek  [ sv ]. Marianne Myrsten  [ sv ] sings the part of the high priestess, played by Françoise Drapier. Thomas Annmo  [ sv ] is the voice of the Messenger, played by Lennart Håkansson  [ sv ]. Kerstin Nerbe was responsible for reworking the music. The film is built on a performance at the Stockholm Folk Opera in 1985.

Cast

• Margareta Ridderstedt  [ sv ] - Aida
• Niklas Ek  [ sv ] - Radames
• Robert Grundin  [ sv ] - voice of Radames
• Ingrid Tobiasson - Amneris
• Jan van der Schaaf  [ sv ] - Amonasro
• Alf Häggstam  [ sv ] - Ramfis
• Staffan Rydén  [ sv ] - the King's spokesman
• Françoise Drapier - High priestess
• Marianne Myrsten  [ sv ] - voice of the high priestess
• Lennart Håkansson  [ sv ] - Messenger
• Thomas Annmo  [ sv ] - voice of Messenger
• Heléne Perback  [ sv ] - dancer
• Kristin Kåge  [ sv ] - dancer
• Ann Lee - dancer
• Annika Listén  [ sv ] - dancer
• Saeed Hooshidar  [ sv ] - dancer
• Björn Wikström - dancer
• Ross - moderator

Music

• Aida, by composer Giuseppe Verdi
• Italian lyrics by Antonio Ghislanzoni and Swedish lyrics (1880) by Herbert Sundberg.

References

This article is based on a translation of the corresponding article in Swedish.

External links

• Aida at IMDb
• Aida at the Swedish Film Institute Database