Aida finally has its premiere in Cairo on the 24 December 1871 and the following month in La Scala Milan.Īlthough Verdi did not attend the premiere in Cairo, the composer was at the Italian premiere carefully supervising every detail - from the set up of the instruments to the stage design. Secondly, the set and costumes that were supposed to travel from Paris to Cairo are blocked in the capital because of the siege in Paris during the French-Prussian war (1870-1871). Firstly, Verdi was behind his composition. There were several reasons for this delay. Unfortunately, Aida was not ready for the opening of the Opera House and Rigoletto was performed instead. It is more likely that the work was commissioned for the inauguration of the new Khedivial Opera in Cairo. It is often said that Aida was commissioned in the 1860’s by the Viceroy of Egypt, Ismaïl Pacha, to inaugurate the new Suez Canal.
As Amneris weeps in the temple, Aida and Radames die down below.ġ° Aida was commissioned to celebrate the new Khedival Opera of Cairo They sing a duet (Radamès and Aida: ' La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse' / ‘The fatal stone now closes over me’). She had hidden herself in the vault in order to be able to die together with him. When he is sealed up in a vault to be buried alive, he finds Aida already there. Radames refuses to listen to Amneris’s pleas to save himself from prison by denying the charges against him. Radames surrenders to arrest, refusing to flee with Aida and Amonasro. Amneris and the high prist Ramfis see Radames and Aida together. Amonasro spies on their conversation, and when he reveals himself, Radames feels betrayed. Radames meets Aida secretly and says he will marry her. Near the temple of the goddess Isis, prayers are said to bless the upcoming wedding of Radames and Amneris (' O tu che sei d'Osiride' / ‘O thou who to Osiris art’). The king agrees, but keeps Aida and Amonasro hostage. Radames pleads with his king to let the hostages go free. The Egyptians are none the wiser all they see is a father and daughter. They lie to their captors and say that the Ethiopian king was slain in the battle. Aida is cornered by Amneris and told that Radames has died she reveals her love for him and Amneris is enraged.Īida finds her father Amonasro among the enslaved Ethiopians brought back by Radames and his troops following the battle.
Radames has won the battle, and the crowds celebrate. Aida feels conflicted – she loves Radames, but she is loyal to Ethiopia. The King of Egypt enters with the news that Ethiopia is invading. She notices that when Aida appears, Radames changes, and she figures out that Radames’ love interest is Aida.
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Radames is a commander in the Egyptian army and is in love with Aida, but also wants to be victorious on the battlefield – Aida’s father, the Ethiopiann King Amonasro, is invading Egypt in order to find and free his daughter.Īmneris is in love with Radames but knows that he loves another she can see it in his face (‘ Quale insolita gioia nel tuo sguardo’ / ‘In your looks I trace a joy unwonted’). The Ethiopian princess Aida has been captured and enslaved, but her captors do not know of her importance.
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