Aida Told by Leontyne Price with Selections from the Verdi Opera

Aida: Act I: Preludio

Erich Leinsdorf

Long ago, in the faraway land of Ethiopia...

Celeste Aida

Plácido Domingo, Erich Leinsdorf

Radames was deep in thought ...

Arrival of the Pharaoh

Erich Leinsdorf

A messenger came forward to give ...

"Oh great Gods of my youth," she cried, "Pity me!"

Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf

That night, the halls of the temple rang ...

Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf

Aida: Act I: Scene 2: Danza sacra delle sacerdotesse - Immenso Fthà

Erich Leinsdorf

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

Amneris sat before her mirror ...

Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf

Yet despite her vanity, she secretly burned with jealousy...

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

Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf

The handsome warrior dismounted and knelt before the royal throne...

It was the eve of the great wedding ...

Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf

Aida sadly watched the moonlit river ...

Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf

Suddenly she heard Radames approach ...

Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamate ... In armi ora si desta il popol nostro ... Padre! A costoro schiava non sono

Leontyne Price, Sherrill Milnes, Erich Leinsdorf

When Radames finally came, he was breathless with love...

The treason of Radames shocked and infuriated all of Egypt...

Radamès, Radamès, Radamès!

Ruggero Raimondi, Erich Leinsdorf, Grace Bumbry

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

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

Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf