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VICTOR RECORDS Number | 3 3E
AIDA (Ah-ee’-dah) (Verdi) (All records are in Italian unless otherwise noted )
Opera in four acts. Text translated from Locle by Ghislanzoni; music by Verdi. First produced in Cairo, 1871; Milan, 1872; Paris, 1876; London, 1876; N. Y., 1873. y Gee iy) 4 Hi Aida, daughter of Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, has been captured by the Egyptians and is a slave at Memphis, where she and the young soldier, Rhadames, have fallen in love with each other. Rhadames goes to the Egyptian war, and during his absence the King’s daughter, Amneris, discovers the attachment and is furious, as she herself loves Rhadames. Rhadames returns, covered with glory ¥ and bringing many prisoners, among them = Amonasro, Aida’s father. The King releases m all the prisoners, except Amonasro, and i bestows his daughter on the unwilling
Rhadames.
——— pt eS In the next scene Amonasro forces his Victrola Book of the Opera daughter to persuade Rhadames to become a SCENE FROM AiDA traitor. The latter’s love for Aida and his
distaste for the approaching union with Amneris lead him to consent. Amneris, however, has overheard the plot, and after vainly trying to induce Rhadames to abandon Aida, in a jealous rage she denounces him as a traitor, and he is condemned to be buried alive. When the vault is sealed he discovers Aida, who has concealed herself there that she might die with him, and the lovers slowly suffocate.
Aida—Complete (Recorded in Europe) Famous Artists, Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan Album M-54 (9488-9506), Album AM-54 (9405-9423) (2 Volumes). List Price $28.50. Other Aida Records ACT I—Scene ]—PpaLacr OF THE KING AT MEMPHIS
_Céleste Aida (Heavenly Aida) and Bohéme—Racconto de Rodolfo—Martinelli| 6595) 12|2.00 * Céleste Aida and Forza del Destino—O tu che in seno agli—Caruso| 6000 i Shae I
* Ritorna vincitor and Aida—O patria mia—Ponselle| 6437 ACT I—Scene ]]—1rEMPLE OF VULCAN Temple Scene—Part !|—Pinza-Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Part 2—Martinelli-Pinza| 8111}|12|2.50 ACT Il—Scene //—witHovut THE CITY WALLS Grand March and Finale—Act II and Introduction Act II and Moorish Ballet—Creatore’s Band|35780|12)}1.25 ACT Ill—Banks OF THE NILE * O patria mia (My Native Land) and Aida—Ritorna vincitor—Ponselle| 6437|12|2.00 ACT I1V—Scene J] —tTHE JUDGMENT HALL—BELOW, AN UNDERGROUND CELL
* La fatal pietra (The Fatal Stone) Final duets, Part I and I1—Gadski-Caruso|} 8015|12|2.50 La fatal pietra and Morir! si pura e bella—Ponselle-Martinelli| 3040|10|2.00 Morir! si pura e bella! (To Die! So Pure and Lovely!) i
and La fatal pietra—Ponselle-Martinelli| 3040\10|2.09
O terra addio—Part | and Part 2, with chorus—Ponselle-Martinelli| 3041\10|2.00 * O terra addio (Farewell, Oh Earth) and La fatal pietra—Gadski-Caruso| 8015)12|2.50 MISCELLANEOUS AIDA RECORDS Gems from Aida—Part 1 Victor Opera Co “Almighty Phtha’’—‘‘Céleste Aida’’—‘‘Come Bind Thy Flowing _ Tresses’’—‘‘Love, Fata] Power’’—‘‘On to Victory”’ 35940] 1211.25 Gems from Aida— Part 2 Victor Opera Co :
“Glory to Isis’—‘‘My Native Land’’—‘‘But Oh King in Thy Power Transcendent’’—"* Priests of Isis’’—‘‘Farewell, Oh Earth”
*Indicates old acoustical method of recording.