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- Few operas have matched Aida in its exploration of the conflict of private emotion and public duty, and perhaps no other has remained to the present day so unanimously appreciated by audiences and critics alike.
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May 25, 2021 · Instead of coming off the conveyor belt, each opera could be crafted at a relatively leisurely pace. The great operas of this period – Simon Boccanegra, Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino, Don Carlos and Aida – each occupied Verdi for several years of painstaking work.
Aida (or Aïda, Italian:) is a tragic opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 December 1871, in a performance conducted by Giovanni Bottesini. Today the work holds a central place in ...
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Scene 1
Ramfis, the chief priest, tells Radames that the god Isis has chosen the general who will lead the Egyptian armies into battle against the invading Ethiopians. Radames hopes that he has been chosen so that he may return victorious to Aida, an enemy slave in the Royal household for whom he cannot openly admit his love. Amneris, Princess of Egypt, secretly loves Radames and questions him about his feelings. She suspects that he prefers Aida to her. The Pharaoh enters with the priests and his co...
Scene 2
Sacred rites are performed in the temple. Ramfis conducts Radames to the altar, where he receives a sword and the gods’ blessing on the campaign.
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Amneris prepares for the celebrations to welcome back Radames. Slaves dance for her amusement until she dismisses them at Aida’s approach. Amneris tells Aida that Radames has been killed in battle. Aida’s grief at this news turns to joy when Amneris admits that she lied about Radames’s death in order to trick the slave girl into admitting her love. Amneris has confirmed her suspicion that Aida is her rival. After threatening Aida, Amneris departs for the festivities.
Scene 2
The Egyptians have won the war and a triumphal procession celebrates Radames’ victory. Amneris crowns him victor, and the Pharaoh offers him any reward he may name. Radames asks for the Ethiopian prisoners to be summoned. Aida recognizes among them her father; he is disguised as a captain and warns her not to reveal his true identity. He pleads for his fellow captives’ lives, but Ramfis and the priests demand their death. Radames, however, requests freedom for the Ethiopians as his reward. Th...
On the eve of her marriage, Amneris is taken by Ramfis to pray in the temple of Isis. Radames has chosen a place nearby for a final rendezvous with Aida, who dreams of her homeland while she waits for him. Her thoughts are interrupted by her father, who demands that she discovers the line of attack by which Radames will make the next Egyptian assau...
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Amneris realizes that she must try to save Radames from the harsh verdict of the priests. She summons him to her presence and begs him to forget Aida and love her instead; this is the price of her intercession on his behalf with the Pharaoh. When he refuses, she dismisses him. The priests file into the judgement chamber and call out the charges against Radames. Amneris becomes increasingly frantic as she realizes that he will not even attempt to defend himself. The priests condemn him to be e...
Scene 2
Radames has been sealed in a tomb where he is surprised to discover Aida waiting for him. Amneris mourns for Radames as Aida dies in his arms.
Mar 11, 2017 · I'm not quite sure how I've ended up with five different recordings of Verdi's Aida. It's not my favourite Verdi opera by a long chalk. Though it has magnificent music, the characters always seem more like human archetypes than flesh and blood people and I admire it rather than love it.
Sep 27, 2022 · Among grand operas, there is none grander than Verdi’s Aida, first performed in Cairo in 1871. Egyptian spectacle is written into the stage directions with panoramic vistas of Theban...
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Although Aida isn’t on stage currently, Luisa Miller, one of Verdi’s first great works, is! You can see it at the London Coliseum from 12 Feb – 6 Mar 2020. Book now. Set in Ancient Egypt, Aida is a timeless story of love and betrayal against the backdrop of war.
Sep 25, 2022 · With its glamorous Egyptian setting, complete with exotic animals in some spectacular productions, Verdi’s Aida has become a defining grand opera. But just listen to the first few bars of that overture. Where he might have opened with the sort of military pomp that comes later, Verdi spins a single gossamer line.
