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Aida / San Francisco Opera production of ; music by Giuseppe Verdi ; text by Antonio Ghislanzoni.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901, composer.
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Standardized Title:
- Aïda
- Language:
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Televised performances.
- Operas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (164 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin, Berlin State : C Major Entertainment, 1981.
- Language Note:
- Sung in Italian.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Verdi's enduring masterpiece of musical theatre, Aida, is a marvellous blend of human emotion and grand spectacle, full of Egyptian pomp and pageantry. In Sam Wanamaker's lavish production, highly acclaimed for its extraordinary musical performances, Margaret Price is outstanding as the Ethiopian slave, Aida, Luciano Pavarotti makes a triumphant debut in the role of Radames, commander of the Egyptian Army, and the entire performance is masterfully shaped by the Spanish conductor, García Navarro.
- Participant:
- Margaret Price (Aida), Luciano Pavarotti (Radames), Stefania Toczyska (Amneris), Simon Estes (Amonasro), Kurt Rydl (Ramfis), Kevin Langan (The King of Egypt), Susan Quittmeyer (A priestess), Colenton Freeman (A messanger), Christian Holder (Solo dancer) ; San Francisco Opera Ballet ; San Francisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; members of the University of California Berkeley Chorus ; Garcia Navarro, conductor.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed March 18, 2022).
- Recorded War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco 1981.
- OCLC:
- 1309919866
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