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Ritorna vincitor!
      from Act I of the Italian opera, Aïda by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Antonio Ghislanzoni

• Role : Aïda, daughter of the King of Ethiopia
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : dramatic soprano
• Setting : A hall in the Palace of the Kings at Memphis.
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Radamès, whom Aida is in love with, has just been given a rousing send-off to engage the Ethiopians in battle. Aida is torn between her home-land, family and the man she loves - Radamès'.
• Sound file : MIDI file and zip format sequenced by Marco Milano from OperaWeb.
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation by Christie Turner.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera and aria alone - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog number for aria : #1195, for score : #50017 (Ricordi). Buy vocal score and aria sheet music online at Sheet Music Plus.
• Researched by Stephen Parker

O Patria Mia
      from Act III of the Italian opera, Aïda by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Antonio Ghislanzoni

• Role : Aïda, daughter of the King of Ethiopia
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : dramatic soprano
• Setting : The banks of the Nile
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : It is the eve of Amneris' wedding to Radamès and Aida has come to the banks of the nile near the temple to meet Radamès. She mourns her homeland which she will never see again.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation by Rebecca Burstein.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474., Catalog #50017 (Ricordi). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.
• Researched by Stephen Parker

Celeste Aida - Romanza
      from Act I of the Italian opera, Aïda by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Antonio Ghislanzoni

• Role : Radamès, an officer in the Egyptian army
• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : dramatic tenor/heldentenor
• Setting : A hall in the Palace of the Kings at Memphis.
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Rumors of an impending war with Ethiopia have been circulating. Radamès has just been told by Ramfis that Isis has named a new, young man to command the Egyptian Army. Radamès wishes it were he so he could free Aida.
• Sound file : MIDI file and zip format sequenced by Marco Milano from OperaWeb.
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation by Giuseppe Cusmano.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera and aria alone - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog number for aria : #1196, for score : #50017 (Ricordi). Buy vocal score and aria sheet music online at Sheet Music Plus.
• Researched by Stephen Parker

L'abborrita rivale...Già i sacerdoti adunansi - Beginning of the Act IV Radames/Amneris duet
      from Act IV, Scene 1 of the Italian opera, Aïda by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Antonio Ghislanzoni

• Role : Amneris, the daughter of the King of Egypt
• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Setting : A hall in the Palace of the Kings at Memphis
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Radames has been accused of revealing military secrets to Aida and is now in prison awaiting trial for treason. Amneris loves him and wants to believe that he is innocent but can't reconcile the overwhelming evidence against him. She summons him and suggests that he should confess to the crime and she will intervene and save him.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Ugo Berardi.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474., Catalog #50017 (Ricordi). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.