Verdi - Aida (Highlights / Extraits / Querschnitt) / Caballé, Domingo, Cossotto, Ghiaurov, Cappuccilli, Chorus Of The Royal Opera Covent Garden, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Muti / EMI Classics Audio CD 1987 Stereo / CDZ 4 79549 2 UPC 724347954924 !!! Condition of this CD is USED VERY GOOD !!! This is a very rare 1987 EARLY CD !!! Aida (or Aïda, Italian: [aˈiːda]) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 December 1871, in a performance conducted by Giovanni Bottesini. Today the work holds a central place in the operatic canon, receiving performances every year around the world; at New York's Metropolitan Opera alone, Aida has been sung more than 1,100 times since 1886. Ghislanzoni's scheme follows a scenario often attributed to the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, but Verdi biographer Mary Jane Phillips-Matz argues that the source is actually Temistocle Solera. Label: EMI Classics – CDZ 4 79549 2 Format: CD, Compilation Country: Europe Released: 1987 Genre: Classical Style: Opera Tracklist: Atto I 1 "Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi!...Celeste Aida" Vocals [Radamès] – Placido Domingo Vocals [Aida] – Montserrat Caballé 4:21 2 "Or Di Vulcano Al Tempio" Vocals [Il Re] – Luigi Roni Vocals [Ramfis] – Nicolai Ghiaurov Vocals [Radamès] – Placido Domingo Vocals [Amneris] – Fiorenza Cossotto Choir [Coro] – Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 3:32 3 "Ritorna Vincitor" Vocals [Aida] – Montserrat Caballé 6:30 Atto II 4 "Gloria All'Egitto" Choir [Coro] – Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 4:32 5 "O Re, Pei Sacri Numi" Vocals [Radamès] – Placido Domingo Vocals [Ramfis] – Nicolai Ghiaurov Vocals [Il Re] – Luigi Roni Vocals [Amneris] – Fiorenza Cossotto Vocals [Aida] – Montserrat Caballé Vocals [Amonasro] – Piero Cappuccilli Choir [Coro] – Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 5:32 Atto III 6 "Qui Radamès Verrà!...O Patria Mia" Vocals [Aida] – Montserrat Caballé 6:55 7 "Ciel! Mio Padre!...Rivedrai Le Foreste Imbalsamate" Vocals [Aida] – Montserrat Caballé Vocals [Amonasro] – Piero Cappuccilli 8:09 8 "Pur Ti Reveggo" Vocals [Aida] – Montserrat Caballé Vocals [Radamès] – Placido Domingo 9:50 Atto IV 9 "Vorrei Salvarlo...Già I Sacerdoti Adunansi" Vocals [Amneris] – Fiorenza Cossotto Vocals [Radamès] – Placido Domingo 7:34 10 "Qual Gemito!...Morir! Sì Pura E Bella!...O Terra, Addio" Vocals [Radamès] – Placido Domingo Choir [Coro] – Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 8:53 Chorus – Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus Master – Douglas Robinson Composed By – Verdi Conductor – Riccardo Muti Libretto By – Antonio Ghislanzoni Orchestra – New Philharmonia Orchestra Trumpet – The Trumpeters Of The Royal Military School Of Music, Kneller Hall Vocals [Aida] – Montserrat Caballé Vocals [Amneris] – Fiorenza Cossotto Vocals [Amonasro] – Piero Cappuccilli Vocals [Il Re] – Luigi Roni Vocals [Radamès] – Placido Domingo Vocals [Ramfis] – Nicolai Ghiaurov
