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Aida
| Aida | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Giuseppe Verdi | |
 Cover of a very early vocal score, c. 1872 | |
| Librettist | Antonio Ghislanzoni |
| Language | Italian |
| Premiere | 24 December 1871 Khedivial Opera House in Cairo |
Aida (or Aïda, Italian: [aˈiːda]) is a tragic 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.[1] 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.[2]
- ^ "What to Expect from Aida" (PDF). metopera.org. Met Opera. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Phillips-Matz 1993, pp. 570–573.
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