The Metropolitan Opera: Aida
Pharaoh's daughter Amneris loves general Radames, but he loves slave Aida. Aida's father leads the Ethiopian army to invade Egypt. When he's captured, he wants Aida to gain military secrets from Radames..
Pharaoh's daughter Amneris loves general Radames, but he loves slave Aida. Aida's father leads the Ethiopian army to invade Egypt. When he's captured, he wants Aida to gain military secrets from Radames..
tt0255782. Aida (1981) San Francisco. Verdi / Italian. An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for the enslaved Ethiopian princess Aida, and his loyalty to the Pharaoh. To complicate the story further, the Pharaoh's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings..
The grand scale and magnificent acoustics of the Roman arena in Verona are ideally suited to the pageantry of Verdi's Egyptian opera, presented here in a staging that is true to the original 1913 production, framed by obelisks and sphinxes and filled with chorus and dancers. Chinese soprano Hui He has won international acclaim for her portrayal of the eponymous slave girl whose forbidden love for the war hero Radamés (Marco Berti, the experienced Verdi tenor) brings death to them both..
About a man and a woman that accompanied their partners through major neurodegenerative disorders..
The female musical comedy trio Fascinating Aida perform live at the The Stables in Milton Keynes. Songs featured include 'One Night Stand', 'Little Chef' and 'Tesco Saves'..
Fascinating Aïda are a three woman (Dillie Keane, Adele Anderson and Liza Pulman) cabaret act that have been performing for over 30 years. This show was recorded live at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2016, in George Square Gardens..
The life and the work of the most important italian company of puppet theatre, during the performance of one of wonderful work, Aida: 250 marionettes, twelve artists, original music of Toscanini Aida. In front with children public, behind the curtain, from above....
I’m half-Colombian. My mum was backpacking in South America aged 22, came home and found out she was pregnant – that’s me. In 2019 I met my biological father for the first time. It got heaps of likes on Instagram, so I wrote a show about it..
Britain's top female comedy trio are 25 years old. (Well, actually they're a bit older than that) Back by popular demand after two nationwide sell-out anniversary tours in 2008 and 2009, the girls are still celebrating. Recorded live at the Theatre Royal Windsor, Dillie, Adele and Liza look forward to entertaining you with a night of hilarious new songs, beautiful harmonies and intricate, satirical lyrics..
The historic Toscanini television concerts with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. This concert, broadcast in two parts, on 26 March and 2 April 1949, from NBC Studio 8H, features the opera "Aida" by Giuseppe Verdi. (Both broadcasts were released as "Vol. 3" in the DVD series.).
A 1989 romantic comedy starring Miguel Rodriguez, Carmi Martin, Jackie Lou Blanco, and Aurora Sevilla..
Accompanied by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, this 1958 production features acclaimed soprano Leontyne Price performing the third act of Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida," the role for which the legendary singer would become best known. Noted as the first African-American superstar of opera, the Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient enjoyed a long illustrious career, performing and recording for nearly 40 years..
Here, we catch Cossotto within the period when she was delivering the meatiest and arguably most satisfying singing of her career. Her voice in 1973 remains a beautiful, distinctive, and responsive instrument, one ideal for conveying both sides of Aida's rival, outwardly fierce yet vulnerable and, ultimately, noble in spirit as well as birth. Carlo Bergonzi's Radamés signs of age-related decline on the great tenor's part are few. The voice is a little thicker and less freely produced than in previous years, and there is evidence here and there of a slight "tug" on some notes from the passagio upwards. The soprano Orianna Santunione, is a far less familiar and celebrated name seems to labor to meet demands of volume, and in the early scenes gives the impression of conserving. However, beginning with her first aria, she begins to pull it together, and somewhere along the way her diligence and responsibility transmute into something more, something quite affecting..
Ina Bourskaya and Giovanni Martinelli in "The Temple" scene from Verdi's opera Aida. Made by The Vitaphone Corporation..