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Legendary soprano Ljuba Welitsch brings her incandescent temperament and soaring voice to the title role of Verdi's drama set in ancient Egypt. Ramon Vinay gives an impassioned performance as Radamès, Aida's warrior lover. Margaret Harshaw is Amneris, the Pharaoh's daughter and Aida&#...

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Online Access: Streaming Audio (via Met Opera)
Corporate Author: Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) (Performer)
Other Authors: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 (Composer), Welitsch, Ljuba (Performer), Harshaw, Margaret (Performer), Vinay, Ramon (Performer), Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 (Performer), Hines, Jerome, 1921-2003 (Performer), Cooper, Emil (Conductor)
Format: Audio
Language:Italian
Published: [New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [1950]
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Summary:Legendary soprano Ljuba Welitsch brings her incandescent temperament and soaring voice to the title role of Verdi's drama set in ancient Egypt. Ramon Vinay gives an impassioned performance as Radamès, Aida's warrior lover. Margaret Harshaw is Amneris, the Pharaoh's daughter and Aida's rival. A young Robert Merrill as Amonasro, the Ethiopian king and Aida's father, and the magisterial Jerome Hines as the high priest Ramfis complete the cast.
Item Description:Duration: 2 hr., 21 min., 26 sec.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 21 min., 26 sec.))
Playing Time:02:21:26
Participant or Performer:Ljuba Welitsch, Margaret Harshaw, Ramon Vinay, Robert Merrill, Jerome Hines ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Emil Cooper, conductor.
Language:Sung in Italian.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Vendor-supplied metadata.

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