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Verdi: Aida (Highlights) - Chiara, Pavarotti, Dimitrova, Nucci, Burchuladze, Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala, Lorin Maazel / Decca Audio CD 1991 / 433 162-2
UPC 028943316224
Aida (or Aïda, Italian: [aˈiːda]) is a tragic 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: | Decca – 433 162-2 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | Germany |
| Released: |
1991 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Opera |
Tracklist:
| Erster Akt | |||
| 1 | Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi!... Celeste Aida | 4:06 | |
| 2 | Or Di Vulcano... Su! Del Nilo Al Sacre Lido |
3:32 | |
| 3 | Ritorna Vincitor! | 6:38 | |
|
Zweiter Akt |
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| 4 | Gloria All'Egitto, Ad Iside | 3:41 | |
| 5 | Marcia | 5:49 | |
| 6 | Vieni, O Guerriero Vindice | 2:30 | |
|
Dritter Akt |
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| 7 | Qui Radamès Verrà!... O Patria Mia | 6:57 | |
| 8 | Ciel! Mio Padre! | 8:09 | |
| 9 | Pur Ti Riveggo | 3:16 | |
| 10 | Fuggiam Gli Ardori Inospiti | 6:36 | |
| 11 | Tu... Amonasro!... Tu!... Il Re? | 2:36 | |
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Vierter Akt |
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| 12 | Già I Sacerdoti Adunansi | 6:54 | |
| 13 | La Fatal Pietra Sovra Me Si Chiuse | 2:10 | |
| 14 | Presago Il Core Della Tua Condanna | 3:49 | |
| 15 | O Terra, Addio | 4:36 |
- Choir – Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala, Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
- Chorus Master – Giulio Bertola
- Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi
- Conductor – Lorin Maazel
- Libretto By – Antonio Ghislanzoni
- Liner Notes – Gerd Uekermann, William Weaver
- Liner Notes [English Translation] – Chris Wood (17)
- Liner Notes [French Translation] – Brigitte Pinaud
- Liner Notes [Italian Translation] – Gabriele Azzaro
- Orchestra – Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala
- Vocals [Ramfis] – Paata Burchuladze
- Vocals [Aida] – Maria Chiara
- Vocals [Amneris] – Ghena Dimitrova
- Vocals [Amonasro] – Leo Nucci
- Vocals [Il Re] – Luigi Roni
- Vocals [Ramadès] – Luciano Pavarotti
- Vocals [Un Messaggero] – Ernesto Gavazzi
