Verdi, Giuseppe
Summary: The action takes place in ancient Egypt, and tells of the love of Radames, the captain of the guard, for a slave girl, Aida. She is the daughter of the King of Ethiopia, who is captured by Radames and the Egyptian troops. Tricked into betraying military secrets, Radames is condemned to be buried alive. He is joined by Aida, who dies with him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Decca Music Group Classics 2011
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA AIDVerdi, Giuseppe
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD OPERA VERVerdi, Giuseppe
Contents: Disc 1. Act I -- Disc 2. Act II ; Act III.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD OPERA VERVerdi, Giuseppe
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD OPERA VERVerdi, Giuseppe
Contents: Disc 1, Act I Preludio -- Posa in pace, a' bei sogni ristora -- S'avanza il re - la rivedrà nell'estasi -- Il cenno mio di là con essi attendi -- Alla vita che t'arride -- Il primo giudice -- Volta la terrea -- Signori, oggi d'Ulrica - ogni cura si doni al diletto -- Zitti... l'incanto non dèssi turbare - re dell'abisso, affrettati -- Arrivo il primo! - È lui! è lui! ne' palpiti -- Su, fatemi...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD OPERA VERVerdi, Giuseppe
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Opera d'Oro/Allegro 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD O VERVerdi, Giuseppe
Summary: The four parts of the opera have the titles The Duel, The Gypsy, The Gypsy's Son and The Execution. Ferrando tells the story of the revenge taken by a gypsy for the death of her mother, the apparent destruction in the fire of the son of the old Count di Luna. In the palace gardens Leonora waits for her lover, the troubadour Manrico, mistaking the Count di Luna, who also loves her, for him, an...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2009
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA TROVerdi, Giuseppe
Summary: Leonora loves a knight who serenades her as a troubadoor. The knight is in an army fighting a civil war agaist the Count, who also loves Leonora. The knight thinks he's the son of the gypsy woman who raised him & whose mother was killed by the Count, but he's actually the Count's brother. When the rivalry between the two men becomes violent, tragedy occurs.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2012