Description
Verdi: Aida (extraits) - Caballe, Domingo, Cossotto, Ghiaurov, Cappuccilli, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti / EMI Classics Audio CD 2007 Stereo
UPC 5099951233020
Aida (or Aïda, Italian: [aˈiːda]) 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. Today the work holds a central place in the operatic canon, receiving performances every year around the world; at New York's Metropolitan Opera alone, Aida has been sung more than 1,100 times since 1886. Ghislanzoni's scheme follows a scenario often attributed to the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, but Verdi biographer Mary Jane Phillips-Matz argues that the source is actually Temistocle Solera.
| Label: | EMI Classics - 5099951233020 |
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| Series: | La Voix De Son Maitre |
| Format: |
CD, Album, Stereo
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
2007 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Opera |
Tracklist:
| Act 1 | |||
| 1 | Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi... Celeste Aida |
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| 2 | Or, Di Vulcano Al Tempio Muovi | ||
| 3 | Ritorna Vincitor! | ||
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Act ll |
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| 4 | Gloria All'Egitto | ||
| 5 | O Re, Pei Sacri Numi | ||
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Act lll |
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| 6 | Qui Radames Verra!... O Patria Mia |
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| 7 | Ciel! mio padre!... Rivedrai Le Foreste imbalsamate |
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Act lV |
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| 8 | Pur ti riveggo | ||
| 9 | Vorrei Salvario...Gia I Sacerdoti Adunansi | ||
| 10 | Qual Gemito! Morir, Si Pura E Bella... O terra, addio |
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- Baritone Vocals – Piero Cappuccilli
- Bass Vocals – Luigi Roni, Nicolai Ghiaurov
- Chorus – Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Chorus Master – Douglas Robinson
- Conductor – Riccardo Muti
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Fiorenza Cossotto
- Orchestra – New Philharmonia Orchestra
- Soprano Vocals – Montserrat Caballé
- Tenor Vocals – Nicola Martinucci, Placido Domingo
