![]() Radames sends Aida to serve Amneris as a handmaiden. A statue of Amneris, a female Pharaoh, comes to life and transports the audience to ancient Egypt, where Egyptian army captain Radames is returning from an expedition through the land of Nubia, where he has captured the majestic Aida, the daughter of the Nubian king. In the Egyptian wing of a modern art museum, a man and a woman touring the exhibit catch each other’s eyes. Love, power, and destiny collide in a timeless tale retold in a contemporary idiom. The original Broadway production ran for a total of 1 852 performances. The musical features a book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls and David Henry Hwang, and a score featuring music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice. A children’s storybook adaptation of the opera by Leontyne Price inspired this retelling of the opera, which Disney originally intended to produce as an animated film. Moorish slave boys dance and wave feather fans.Based on Antonio Ghislanzoni and Giuseppe Verdi’s opera of the same name, Aida premiered on Broadway on 23 March 2000, following developmental runs in Atlanta and Chicago. From the tripods perfumed vapoursĪrise. Amneris surrounded by female Slaves, who attire her for The Priests and Priestesses reassume the religious hymnĪCT II SCENE I A Hall in the Apartments of Amneris. [During the investiture of Radames with his sacred arms, The weapon temperedīy hand immortal, in thy grasp is destined To thee, god-favoured mortal, is now confidedĪll the welfare of Egypt. PRIESTS Hail, thou who madest all things created, Priests and Priestesses - Ramphis at the foot of the altar -Īfterwards Radames - The singing of the Priestesses is heard Golden tripodsĮmitting the fumes of incense. Rises the altar, surmounted with sacred emblems. In the middle of the stage, above a platform covered with carpet, ![]() SCENE II Interior of the Temple of Vulcan at Memphis A mysterious light from above. To my grave would in sorrow I might creep!īreak, break my weak heart, let me now die! My senses lost, wrapt in deep night are dreaming, My prayer for both, for both my tears would fall.Īh, woe! transformed seemed my prayers to blaspheming, Whose heart was crushed beneath such anguish!Ībashed and trembling, to Heaven would hover Like some bright sunny ray on my sad lot shining! That sweet love that consoled me, a captive pining, What wild words do I utter? of my affection Triumph of Egyptian battalions! Behind his chariotĪ king, my father comes, his fettered captive! With their blood so cherished, 'mid the clamorous O'er my brothers! e'en now I see him stained I now perforce dissemble! wish him conqueror Victor o'er my father! o'er him who wages warīut that I may be restored to my country, Glory's sacred thirst now claims me,ĪIDA (Whom to weep for? whom to pray for?ĪLL Battle, battle, we'll hunt the invader down!ĪIDA Thy brow may laurels crown! what! can my lips Warrior brave, there to gird thee to victory, KING Yes, death and battle be our rallying cry! Has poured on the invader a torrent fierce All Thebes has risen, and from her hundred portals Lie all devastated, destroyed our harvest!Įmboldened by so easy a victory the plundering hordes Is by Ethiops invaded, our fertile fields This moment has reached us, news of grave import Round the king the faithful sons of Egypt. The King enters preceded by his Guards and followed by Ramphis, his Ministers, Priests, Captains, etc. To lead to battle Egypt's hosts, - ah, for this honourįound favour in your heart? Is there in Memphis ![]() Has declared my name the warrior chief appointed In my heart I was nursing - Isis this day The woman whose dearly wish'd for presenceĬould have power to kindle in thee such rapture! Thine were a throne next the sun to stand.ĪMN. Would that thy bright skies once more beholding,īreathing the soft airs of thy native land Queenly thou reignest o'er me transcendent, Tell thee, for thee I battled, for thee I conquered! To thee returned, Aida, my brow entwined with laurel. I the chosen leader - mine glorious victory. The dread commandment I to the King shall take. Yes, it is rumored that the Ethiop dares once Temples and palaces of Memphis, and the Pyramids. At the back a grand gate, from which may be seen the To the right and left a Colonnade with statues and flowering The action takes place at Memphis and at Thebes during the reign of theĪCT I SCENE I Hall in the palace of the King at Memphis. Tenor Priests, Priestesses, Ministers, Captains, Soldiers,įunctionaries, Slaves, Ethiopian Prisoners, Egyptian Bass Amonasro, King of Ethiopia (Aida's Father). Soprano Radames, Captain of the Egyptian Guards. Bass Amneris, Daughter of the King of Egypt.
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