OPERA TALK: AÏDA BY GIUSEPPE VERDI
OPERA TALK: AÏDA BY GIUSEPPE VERDI
Set in Egypt, Aïda is about a love triangle that entangles purity, lust and ultimately betrayal between an Egyptian captain, his king's daughter and her slave, Aida. Aida experiences conflict between her father and her lover who also enslaves her country.
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2. Talk with 1 aria performed by the speaker
3. Virtual Talk
SUMMARY SETTING TANISHA’S PICKS LEGENDARY CAST OPERA-ALIKES
SUMMARY SETTING TANISHA’S PICKS LEGENDARY CAST OPERA-ALIKES
SUMMARY
Aïda is an 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. READ MORE ON WIKIPEDIA
SETTING
As Sophia from the Golden Girls says “picture it” Egypt. Since the libretto doesn't give a specific setting, the "Old Kingdom" is interpretated as Ancient Egypt or Egypt during Verdi's time in most productions.
ACT 1: Scene 1: A hall in the King's palace; through the rear gate the pyramids and temples of Memphis are visible.
Scene 2: Inside the Temple of Ptah
ACT 2: Scene 1: The chamber of Amneris
Scene 2: The grand gate of the city of Thebes
ACT 3: On the banks of the Nile, near the Temple of Isis
ACT 4: Scene 1: A hall in the Temple of Justice. To one side is the door leading to Radamès' prison cell
Scene 2: The lower portion of the stage shows the vault in the Temple of Ptah; the upper portion represents the temple itself
LEGENDARY CAST- WHO YOU WILL HEAR
Due to time constraint, this opera talk features a partial cast. If you loved the program, purchase from our affiliates or borrow the above DVD’s from your local library to see the full cast.
Aïda
MARGARET PRICE
LEONTYNE PRICE
MARIA CHIARA
APRILLE MILLO
Radames
ROBERTO ALAGNA
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI
PLACIDO DOMINGO
Amneris
STEFANIA TOCZYSKA
FIORENZA COSSOTTO
GHENA
DMITROVA
DOLORA
ZAJICK
Aïda
MARGARET PRICE
LEONTYNE PRICE
MARIA CHIARA
APRILE MILLO
Radames
ROBERTO ALAGNA
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI
PLACIDO DOMINGO
Amneris
STEFANIA TOCZYSKA
FIORENZA COSSOTTO
GHENA DIMITROVA
DOLORA ZAJICK
TANISHA’S PICKS
This opera talk features Tanisha’s favorite casts from these recordings. Click the link to purchase them for your own collection.
Aïda [videorecording (DVD)]
Released 2008
Cast: Violeta Urmana, Roberto Alagna, Ildiko
Komlosi, Giorgio Giuseppini, Riccardo Chailly, conductor.
Aïda [videorecording (DVD)]
Live from the Metropolitan Opera, 1985
Cast: Leontyne Price, James MacCracken, Fiorenza Cossotto, Simon Estes, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor
Aïda [videorecording (DVD)]
San Francisco Opera, 1981
Cast: Margaret Price, Stefania Toczyska, Luciano Pavarotti, Simon Estes, Kevin Langan, Kurt Rydl, San Francisco Opera Chorus ; San Franciso Opera Orchestra ; Garcia Navarro, conductor.
Aïda [videorecording (DVD)] Recorced 1988, Metropolitan Opera
Cast: Aprile Millo ; Dolora Zajick ; Plácido Domingo ; Sherrill Milnes ; Paata Burchuladze ; Dimitri Kavrakos ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Ballet.
Aïda [videorecording (DVD)] Filmed live at Teatro Alla Scala, Milan, 1985
Cast: Maria Chiara, Luciano Pavarotti, Ghena Dimitrova, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Juan Pons, Paata Burchuladze ; Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan ; Lorin Maazel, conductor.
The art of singing [videorecording (DVD)] : golden voices of the century
A film written by ; directed by ; produced by Pierre-Oliver Bardet and Stephen Wright ; a BBC/ IMG Artists / Idéale Audience / La Sept-Arte / Imalyre-Vtcom France Telecom coproduction in association with NVC Arts ... [et al.] ; directed by Donald Sturrock.
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