Verdi: Aida
Verdi: Aida
Format: CD
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Artist: Verdi
Label: Naxos
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 636943470626
Genre: Classical
Verdi wrote his Egyptian opera Aida in response to a commission from the Khedive of Egypt for the opening of the new Cairo Opera House, after rejecting requests for an anthem to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal a year earlier. The first performance was conducted by the famous double-bass player Bottesini. Spectacle, of which some stage directors have made much, is provided particularly in the return of the victorious Radames in triumph. The story was the invention of the French egyptologist Auguste Mariette, elaborated in French prose by Camille Du Locle, before the final Italian text was drafted. Aida remains a popular part of Italian opera repertoire. Familiar concert excerpts from Aida inevitably include the tenor Celeste Aida (Heavenly Aida) and Aida's Ritorna vincitor (Return victorious). The grand march has celebrated many an unoperatic festivity and has allowed spectacular extravagance in more ostentatious productions of the opera. O patria mia (O my homeland) for Aida in the third act adds a particular poignancy, while the final death scene of Radames and Aida is also sometimes to be heard in dramatic isolation.
Tracks:
1.1 PRLD - Nat So of Ireland/Saccani
1.2 Act I: Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi!... Celeste Aida - Kristjan Johannson/Francesco Ellero D'artegna/Barbara Dever/Riccardo Ferrari
1.3 Act I: Ritorna Vincitor!... I Sacri Nomi Di Padre, D'amante - Riccardo Ferrari/Kristjan Johannson/Maria Dragoni
1.4 Act I: Dance of the Priestesses - Nat So of Ireland/Rico Saccani
1.5 Act II: Dance of the Moorish Slaves - Barbara Dever/Maria Dragoni
1.6 Act II: Sul de Nilo Al Sacro Lido... Numi, Pieta Del Mio Martir - Barbara Dever/Maria Dragoni
1.7 Act II: Gloria All' Egitto - Nat So of Ireland/Rico Saccani
1.8 Act II: Grand March - Nat So of Ireland/Rico Saccani
1.9 Act II: Ballet Music - Nat So of Ireland/Rico Saccani
1.10 Act II: Vieni, O Guerrero Vindice - Riccardo Ferrari/Kristjan Johannson/Mark Rucker/Francesco Ellero D'artegna/Barbara Dever
1.11 Act III: Qui Radames Verra!... O Patria Mia - Maria Dragoni
1.12 Act III: Ciel Mio Padre!... Su Dunque! - Maria Dragoni/Mark Rucker/Kristjan Johannson/Barbara Dever/Francesco Ellero D'artegna
1.13 Act IV: L'abborita Rivale a Me Sfuggia... Gia I Sacerdoti - Barbara Dever
1.14 Act IV: Die Mie Discolpe - Kristjan Johannson/Barbara Dever
1.15 Act IV: Morire! Ah, Tu Dei Vivere - Kristjan Johannson/Barbara Dever/Mark Rucker
1.16 Act IV: Chi Ti Salva, Sciagurato - Barbara Dever/Kristjan Johannson
1.17 Act IV: E la Morte Un Ben Supremo - Kristjan Johannson/Barbara Dever/Francesco Ellero D'artegna
1.18 Act IV: La Fatal Pietra... Morir! Si Pura E Bella - Kristjan Johannson/Maria Dragoni
1.19 Act IV: O Terra, Addio; Addio Di Vale Di Pianto - Kristjan Johannson/Maria Dragoni/Barbara Dever
