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Aïda / told by Leontyne Price.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901, composer.
- Series:
- Naxos Music Library.
- Standardized Title:
- Aïda. Selections
- Language:
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Operas--Excerpts.
- Operas.
- Operas--Stories, plots, etc.
- Genre:
- Stories, plots, etc.
- Streaming audio.
- Sound recordings.
- Operas.
- Excerpts.
- Plot summaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 audio file)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : RCA Red Seal, [1999?]
- System Details:
- audio file
- Summary:
- Retells the story of Verdi's opera in which the love of the enslaved Ethiopian princess for an Egyptian general brings tragedy to all involved.
- Contents:
- Music Prelude to Act I
- Long ago in the faraway land of Ethiopia
- Music: "Celeste Aïda" (sung by Radames)
- Radames was deep in thought
- Music: Arrival of the Pharoah
- A Messenger came forward to give his report
- Music: "Ritorna vincitor!" (sung by Aïda)
- That night, the halls of the temple rang Music: "Possente, possente Ftha ̀(sung by high priestess, priestesses and priests)
- Music: Sacred dance of the priestesses
- With Radames gone, time passed slowly for Aïda
- Amneris sat before her mirror Music: "Chi mai fra gl'inni e i plausi" (sung by slaves and Amneris)
- Yet despite her vanity, she secretly burned with jealously
- Flags flew, and the entire city gathered to see the grand spectacle Music: Triumphal march
- The Handsome warrior dismounted and knelt before the royal throne
- It was the eve of the great wedding Music: the Nile by moonlight (prelude to Act III)
- Aïda sadly watched the moonlit river Music: "O patria mis" (sung by Aïda)
- Suddenly she heard Radames approach
- Music: "Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamate ... in armi ora si desta il popol nostro ... Padre! a costoro sciava non sono" (sung by Amonasro and Aïda)
- When Radames finally came, he was breatless with love
- The Treason of Radmanes shocked and infuriated all of Egypt
- Music: "Radamès, Radamès, Radamès!" (sung by Ramfis, priests and Amneris)
- "Traitor! traitor!" the High Priest, Ramfis, shouted again and again
- Music: "La fatal petra sovra me si chiuse ... presago il core della tua condanna ... Vedi? di norte l'angelo ... O terra addio" (sung by Radames, Aïda, priests, priestesses and Amneris.
- Participant:
- Leontyne Price, narrator, soprano ; Joyce Mathis, soprano ; Grace Bumbry, mezzo-soprano ; Placido Domingo, tenor ; Sherrill Milnes, baritone ; Ruggero Raimondi, bass ; John Alldis Choir ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor.
- Notes:
- The story of Verdi's opera with musical selections ; sung in Italian.
- Music recorded in July 1970, in Walthamstow Town Hall, London ; spoken word recorded May 1999.
- Hard copy version record.
- Other Format:
- Source record: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Aïda. Selections. Aïda.
- OCLC:
- 941808402
- Publisher Number:
- USBC19606118
- USBC19901910
- USBC19901918
- USBC19901901
- USBC19901919
- USBC19901902
- USBC19901911
- USBC19901912
- USBC19606131
- USBC19901903
- USBC19901913
- USBC19901906
- USBC19901916
- USBC19901915
- USBC19901905
- USBC19901914
- USBC19901904
- USBC19901920
- USBC19901907
- USBC19901908
- USBC19901921
- USBC19901909
- USBC19901917
- 090266354320 RCA Records
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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