The Huns await the arrival of their chief amid the smoldering ruins of Aquileia. Saturday, October 20th, 1 to 4 pm.Ĭast information, photos, video, articles Legendary bass Samuel Ramey returns as Pope Leo I. Music Director Nicola Luisotti, a “superb Verdi conductor” (Sunday Times, London), leads a world-class cast featuring bass Ferruccio Furlanetto, whose "strong, dark, textured voice filled Verdi's lines with burnished sound and arching lyricism" (The New York Times), in the title role exciting young Venezuelan soprano Lucrecia Garcia and “brilliant…magnificent” baritone Quinn Kelsey (San Francisco Chronicle). The intense, conflicted anti-hero comes vividly alive in this “vibrant and engrossing musical drama” ( The New York Times). But to Giuseppe Verdi, he was a far more complex and compelling figure: a brave, ambitious warrior tormented by fierce internal doubts.
In the popular imagination, Attila the Hun was a ruthless barbarian. The ruler of the Huns fully intends to invade fifth-century Italy until a fierce female captive enchants him with her valiant defiance.
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