To inaugurate the Suez Canal, Ismail Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, commissioned an opera from the composer whose Rigoletto opened the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo in 1869. Giuseppe Verdi dedicated great ...
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BACK IN 1869, when the Suez Canal was about to open, the ruler of Egypt invited Giuseppe Verdi to compose a work heralding the new mechanical marvel. Arizona Opera puts on its own Aida this weekend, ...
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The Royal Opera - Aida
Last night was the opening of the second revival of Robert Carsen’s production of Verdi’s four-act opera Aida for the Royal Opera. This grandest of grand operas is set in ancient Egypt and examines ...
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