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Aida first performed

Aida directed by Giovanni Bottesini, was first performed at the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo on 24 December 1871,
conducted by Giovanni Bottesini, evening of December 24th, 1871, .Aida was commissioned by Ismail Pasha, Khedive
of Egypt, in November, 1869, the Viceroy of Egypt,asked Verdi to compose a hymn for the inauguration of the Suez
Canal.

Verdi endowed the story of the Ethiopian princess Aida, imprisoned as a slave at the court of Egyptian pharaohs. A
military commander, Radames, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the Pharaoh. is one of
the most popular operas of all time based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette,For Giuseppe
Verdi, Aida represented a significant break with his past compositional and staging practices.Aida is basically a
retelling of Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet. Instead of medieval Italy, released a beautifully performed by as perform
soprano Antonietta Pozzoni Anastasi action series of events that form a plot by tenor Pietro Mongini, mezzosoprano
Eleonora Grossi and the second lowest adult male singing voice baritone Francesco Steller.

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