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Aida

Title
Aida / [music by] Giuseppe Verdi.
Publication
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg : TDK, [2002]

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Additional Authors
  • Zeffirelli, Franco.
  • Dall'Olio, Fausto.
  • Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893.
  • Aaron, Adina.
  • Piper, Scott.
  • Aldrich, Kate.
  • Stefanelli, Massimiliano.
  • Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
  • TDK Kabushiki Kaisha.
  • Fondazione Arturo Toscanini.
  • Fondazione Arturo Toscanini. Coro.
  • Orchestra sinfonica dell'Emilia-Romagna "Arturo Toscanini."
  • Teatro Giuseppe Verdi (Busseto, Italy)
  • Radiotelevisione italiana.
Description
2 videodiscs (142 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
The Ethiopian princess Aida, taken captive by the victorious Egyptians, loves Radames, the son of the Egyptian king.
Alternative Title
  • Aida racconta da Franco Zeffirelli in occasione del centenario verdiano.
  • Making of Aida.
Subject
Note
  • Title from DVD menu; credits from accompanying booklet and container.
  • Taped during a live performance on January 27, 2001 at the Teatro Giuseppe Verdi in Busseto, Italy, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Verdi's death, and originally brodcast on television by RAI.
  • Sountrack in stereo., Dolby digital or DTS.
  • Also includes a 46 min. documentary: L'Aida racconta da Franco Zeffirelli in occasione del centenario verdiano = Making of Aida / directed by Luca Verdone.
  • Booklet (19 p. : ill.) inserted in container includes program notes and plot summary in English and Italian.
Credits (note)
  • Produced and staged by Fondazione Arturo Toscanini in collaboration with Teatro Comunale di Modena and Teatro Alighiere di Ravenna ; stage director and set designer, Franco Zeffirelli ; television director, Fausto Dall'Olio ; director of photography, Valentino Buriol ; editing, Maurizio Bonomi ; libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.
Performer (note)
  • Adina Aaron (Aida), Scott Piper (Radames), Kate Aldrich (Amneris), Giuseppe Garra (Amanasro), Paolo Pecchioli (King of Egypt), Enrico Giuseppe Iori (Ramfis).
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Language (note)
  • Sung in Italian with optional English, French, Italian or Spanish subtitles.
OCLC
  • ocm50407178
  • SCSB-9053913
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries