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Aida : opera in four acts / [music by] Giuseppe Verdi ; produced by RM Arts in association with RAI ... [and others].
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center Music DVD 1209
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Operas.
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Germany] : Arthaus Musik, [2009]
- Language Note:
- Sung in Italian, with subtitles in Dutch, English, French, German, and Spanish.
- System Details:
- DVD 9, NTSC, region code 0, 4:3; PCM stereo., Dolby Digital.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- In the Egypt of the Pharoahs there is war with Ethiopia. The Ethiopian King's daughter, Aida, has been captured and is now a slave in the service of the Pharoah's daughter, Amneris. Radames loves Aida but is loved by Amneris. He is appointed general of the Egyptian army and in the second scene of the second act returns in triumph, to be rewarded by the unwelcome hand of Amneris in marriage. Aida's father, Amonasro, has been taken prisoner, his life spared at the intercession of Radames. In the third act he induces his daughter to help him discover the plans of the Egyptian army, which she does in a meeting with Radames, their conversation overheard by Amonasro. Aida and Amonasro take flight but the apparent treachery of Radames is now revealed and he is condemned to death, to the dismay of Amneris. In the final scene he is immured in a stone tomb, where he is joined by Aida. As they die, Amneris, above the tomb, prays for peace for her beloved Radames.
- Participant:
- Maria Chiara, Luciano Pavarotti, Ghena Dimitrova, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Juan Pons, Paata Burchuladze ; Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala ; Lorin Maazel, conductor.
- Credits:
- Stage director, Luca Ronconi.
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- Recorded in 1985 at La Scala, Milan.
- Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.
- Originally released in 1986.
- Special features: The making of Aida; including interviews with Luciano Pavarotti, Lorin Maazel, Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Tebaldi, Dame Eve Turner.
- OCLC:
- 368327641
- Publisher Number:
- 807280005998
- 100 059 Arthaus Musik
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