Preludio

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf

Long Ago, In the Faraway Land of Ethiopia …

Act I: Se quel guerrier io fossi! … Celeste Aida

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Plácido Domingo

Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf

Radames Was Deep In Thought

Act I: Alta cagion v'aduna o fidi egizii

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf

A messenger came forward to give

Act I: Ritorna vincitor!

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Leontyne Price

Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf

That night, the halls of the temple rang

Act I: Danza sacra delle sacerdotesse

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf

With Radames gone, time passed slowly for Aida...

Amneris sat before her mirror …

Yet despite her vanity, she secretly burned with jealousy …

Flags flew, and the entire city gathered to see the grand spectacle …

The handsome warrior dismounted and knelt before the royal throne …

It was the eve of the great wedding …

Aida sadly watched the moonlit river …

Suddenly she heard Radames approach …

Act III: Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamate

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price

Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf

When Radames finally came, he was breathless with love …

The treason of Radames shocked and infuriated all of Egypt …

Act IV: Radames! Radames! Radames!

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Grace Bumbry, Ruggero Raimondi

Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf

"Traitor! Traitor!" the High Priest, Ramfis, shouted again and again …

Finally, they were together forever in each others' arms …