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Oberto (1839) Un giorno i regno (1840) Nabucco (1842) I Lombardi alla prima crociata (1843) Ernani (1844) I due Foscari (1844) Giovanna d'Arco (1845) Alzira (1845) Attila (1846) Macbeth (1847) I masnadieri (1847) Jérusalem (1847) Il corsaro (1848) La battaglia di Legnano (1849) Luisa Miller (1849) Stiffelio (1850) Rigoletto (1851) Il trovatore (1853) La traviata (1853) Les vêpres siciliennes (1855) Simon Boccanegra (1857) Aroldo (1857) Un ballo in maschera (1859) La forza del destino (1862) Don Carlos (1867) Aida (1871) Otello (1887) Falstaff (1893)

Trivia about aida

  • A 1920s discovery proved that some of the instruments used in this 1871 opera were historically accurate
  • This musical inspired by an opera features the songs "The Gods Love Nubia" & "Another Pyramid"
  • Egyptologist Auguste Mariette claimed his scenario was the basis for the libretto of this 1871 opera
  • In this Verdi opera, the king of Ethiopia is a baritone role while the king of Egypt is a bass
  • There's no denial: Act III of this Verdi opera is sometimes called "The Nile Scene"
  • A hall in Pharaoh's Memphis palace is the backdrop for the opening scene of Act 1 of this Verdi opera
  • Its 1871 premiere in Cairo was delayed due to the Franco-Prussian War
  • An Ethiopian slave girl is torn between love & patriotism in the Egypt of the Pharaohs in this Verdi opera
  • This Ethiopian slave is in love with Radames, the Egyptian commander sent to wage war against her people
  • This Verdi title character is an Ethiopian slave to Pharaoh's daughter
  • This title character is actually the daughter of King Amonasro of Ethiopia
  • This Ethiopian princess was captured by the Egyptians & made a slave to Princess Amneris
  • ("Triumph March")
  • Ben Brantley said the Jetsons-style Egyptian outfits in this opera-inspired show "should top every drag queen's must-have list"
  • This title slave & Pharaoh's daughter Amneris are both in love with Radames
  • There's no denial, Act III of this Verdi opera takes place on the banks of the Nile
  • She's a slave to Amneris, an Egyptian princess
  • 1871: Ramfis, the high priest of Isis
  • Heather Headley, seen here, won a Tony Award in 2000 for playing the title role in this Elton John musical
  • Act II, Scene 2 of this opera begins with the song "Gloria All' Egitto e Ad Iside", or "Glory to Egypt and to Isis"
  • (Sarah reports from backstage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) The jewelry here was worn by Elisabeth Rethberg, portraying this Verdi slave girl, a role in which she made both her 1922 met debut & her 1942 farewell
  • Ramfis is the high priest of Egypt in this Verdi opera
  • This Verdi opera was first performed on Dec. 24, 1871, in Cairo
  • The king of Egypt;Radames, a soldier;Ramfis, the high priest
  • Amneris, Daughter of Pharaoh, has an Ethiopian slave girl-- her
  • Simone, the daughter of singer Nina Simone, took over the title role in this Elton John & Tim Rice show in 2002
  • Egyptologist Auguste Mariette claimed his scenario was the basis for the libretto of this 1871 opera
  • First performed in Cairo, this Verdi opera was commissioned by the Khedive of Egypt
  • The Franco-Prussian war delayed this Verdi opera's premiere: scenery couldn't leave besieged Paris for Cairo
  • R&B sensation Deborah A. Cox reigned on Broadway in 2004 as this title African princess
  • Act III of this Verdi opera unfolds near a temple of Isis

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