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Verdi - Aida (Highlights / Extraits / Querschnitt) / Caballé, Domingo, Cossotto, Ghiaurov, Cappuccilli, Chorus Of The Royal Opera Covent Garden, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Muti / EMI Classics Audio CD 1987 Stereo / CDZ 4 79549 2
UPC 724347954924
!!! Condition of this CD is USED VERY GOOD !!! This is a very rare 1987 EARLY CD !!!
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 – CDZ 4 79549 2 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
CD, Compilation
|
| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
1987 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Opera |
Tracklist:
| Atto I |
| 1 |
"Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi!...Celeste Aida" |
|
4:21 |
| 2 |
"Or Di Vulcano Al Tempio" |
|
3:32 |
| 3 |
"Ritorna Vincitor" |
|
6:30 |
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| Atto II |
| 4 |
"Gloria All'Egitto" |
|
4:32 |
| 5 |
"O Re, Pei Sacri Numi" |
|
5:32 |
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| Atto III |
| 6 |
"Qui Radamès Verrà!...O Patria Mia" |
|
6:55 |
| 7 |
"Ciel! Mio Padre!...Rivedrai Le Foreste Imbalsamate" |
|
8:09 |
| 8 |
"Pur Ti Reveggo" |
|
9:50 |
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| Atto IV |
| 9 |
"Vorrei Salvarlo...Già I Sacerdoti Adunansi" |
|
7:34 |
| 10 |
"Qual Gemito!...Morir! Sì Pura E Bella!...O Terra, Addio" |
| 8:53 |
- Chorus – Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Chorus Master – Douglas Robinson
- Composed By – Verdi
- Conductor – Riccardo Muti
- Libretto By – Antonio Ghislanzoni
- Orchestra – New Philharmonia Orchestra
- Trumpet – The Trumpeters Of The Royal Military School Of Music, Kneller Hall
- Vocals [Aida] – Montserrat Caballé
- Vocals [Amneris] – Fiorenza Cossotto
- Vocals [Amonasro] – Piero Cappuccilli
- Vocals [Il Re] – Luigi Roni
- Vocals [Radamès] – Placido Domingo
- Vocals [Ramfis] – Nicolai Ghiaurov
