Aida [sound recording]
by Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Antonio Ghislanzoni (libretto)
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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.Tags
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Giuseppe Verdi was born on October 10, 1813 in Le Ronocole, duchy of Parma, Italy. He studied with Vincenzo Lavigna, a musician at the La Scala opera house. After his first opera Oberto, Verdi left La Scala due to the untimely death of his wife and children. He was eventually convinced to come back and compose Nabucco, an opera based on show more Nebuchadrezzar II. He then went on to compose Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Othello and Falstaff. He died on January 27, 1901 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Aïda [sound recording]; Aida [sound recording]
- Original publication date
- 1990; 2019-06
- People/Characters
- Aida; Amneris; Radames
- Important places
- Memphis, Egypt; Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York, USA; Egypt
- Important events
- Old Kingdom of Egypt
- First words
- Si: corre voce che l'Etiope ardisca sfidarci ancora, e del Nilo la valle e Tebe minacciar.
- Quotations
- Ritorna vincitor!
- Disambiguation notice
- Audio recordings of the full opera.
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- Music
- DDC/MDS
- 782.10269 — Arts & recreation Music Vocal music [formerly: Dramatic music and production of musical drama] Operas and related dramatic vocal forms; concert versions modified standard subdivisions Miscellany; texts; treatises on opera scores and recordings Texts, treatises on opera scores and recordings Stories, plots, synopses
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- ML3930 .V4 .P7 — Music Literature on music Literature on music Literature for children
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- 6 — English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Spanish
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- ASINs
- 58
