Verdi had taken his usual forceful role in the production of Aida. Aida has been hiding in the crypt and crawls into the tomb to die with her love. Amneris tries to save him but he rejects her and is sentenced to die. Amonasro reveals himself and flees Radames is dishonoured and despairing. His love overcomes his sense and he does so. Amonasro forces his daughter to learn from Radames the position of the Egyptian army. In Act III we are on the banks of the Nile, near the temple of Isis. The Egyptian King agrees and announces the betrothal of his daughter to Radames. Radames asks that the prisoners be freed, as a gift to Aida. Amonasro says that the Ethiopian King has been killed in battle. Enter the Ethiopian prisoners, King Amonasro (unrecognised by the Egyptians) among them. The King of Egypt says that Radames may choose his prize.
Again Aida is torn: her father lives, but her love is 'dead'. Amneris falsely tells Aida that Radames has been killed in battle, thus tricking Aida into declaring her love for him. Dilemma is at the heart of opera and, of course, Aida is torn between love for her father and for Radames. The jealous Amneris is aware of the blooming love between Aida and Radames, and she persuades high priest Ramfis that Radames has been chosen by Isis to lead the forces against Amonasro. He, Amonasro, has led an army into Egypt to save Aida. In Act I we are in a hall in the Egyptian King's palace, with the Egyptians unaware that slave girl Aida is in fact the daughter of the King of Ethiopia. > Seating > Tips & practicalities > About the Operas > Transport & arrival > Introduction There are also assorted ministers, soldiers, captains, slaves, priests, priestesses, Ethiopian prisoners and the Egyptian populace. The main protagonists, with their roles in the opera, are as follows:Īida (soprano) Radames (tenor) Amneris (mezzo-soprano) Amonasro (baritone) Ramfis (bass), high priest of Egypt King of Egypt (bass) High Priestess (soprano) messenger (tenor). Pharaoh's daughter Amneris cherishes an unreciprocated passion for Radames. Radames, a captain of the Egyptian guard struggles between his love for Aida and his loyalty to Pharaoh. Ethiopian princess Aida (daughter of Amonasro, King of Ethiopia) has been captured and is now a slave. The scene is Memphis in Egypt, at the time of the Pharaohs. (It was in fact Verdi's Rigoletto that opened the new opera house).Īida encompasses all the glorious improbabilities of plot that we've come to expect from opera. Contrary to popular myth, Verdi did not compose the work for the opening of the Suez Canal, which had opened in 1869, though the opera house itself had been built in celebration of that engineering feat. With an original story draft by Auguste Mariette, a scenario by Camille Du Locle and a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, the reigning giant of Italian opera premiered his new work on Christmas Eve 1871 at the Cairo Opera House, with the European premiere to follow at the Scala in Milan the following February. Giuseppe Verdi's opera in four acts, Aida is regularly performed at the Arena di Verona during the Summer opera season. We'll be adding more information to as it arrives, but in the meantime, please email us for more information about dates, ticket availability and to purchase tickets. Tickets for the 2023 Verona Opera Festival are now available, with a wide range of performances premiering with Aida on the 16th June 2023 and ending with La Traviata on the 9th September 2023.
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