Live
Only on
Certain chapters are not available.
Thank you for your understanding.

Giuseppe Verdi, Aida

Preludio

I, 1: "Sì: corre voce"

I, 1: "Se quel guerrier io fossi!"

I,1: "Celeste Aïda"

I, 1: "Quale insolita gioia"

I, 1: "Dessa!"

I, 1: "Alta cagion v’aduna"

I, 1: "Ritorna vincitor! – L’insana parola"

I, 2: "Possente Fthà"

I, 2: Sacred Dance of the Priestesses

I, 2: "Nume, custode e vindice"

II, 1: "Chi mai fra gl’inni e i plausi – Ah! vieni"

II, 1: Dance of the Little Moorish Slaves

II, 1: "Fu la sorte del l’armi a tuoi'funesta"

II, 1: "Ebben, qual nuovo fremito t’assal, gentil Aïda ?"

II, 1: "Pietà ti prenda del mio dolor"

II, 1: "Su! Del Nilo al sacro lido"

II, 2: "Processional – Gloria all’Egitto – Triumphal March"

II, 2: Triumphal March

II, 2: Ballet

II, 2: «Vieni, o guerriero vindice»

II, 2: "Salvator della patria"

II, 2: "Che Veggo ! Egli ? Mio padre !"

II, 2: "Ma tu, Re, tu signore possente"

II, 2: "O Re, pei sacri numi "

III: "O tu che sei d’Osiride"

III: "Qui Radamès verrà!"

III: "Oh patria mia"

III: "Ciel! mio padre!"

III: "In armi ora si desta il popol nostro"

III: "Padre, a costoro schiava non sono"

III: "Pur ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida"

III: "Nel fiero anelito di nueva guerra"

III: "Fuggiam gli ardori inospiti… Là, tra foreste virgini"

III: "Aida !...Tu n’on m’ami"

III: "Ma dimmi : per qual via"

III: "Traditor ! …La mia rivali !"

IV, 1: "L’abborrita rivale a me sfuggia"

IV, 1: "Già i sacerdoti adunansi"

IV, 1: "Ohimè! Morir me sento !"

IV, 1: "Radamès ! Radamès ! Radamès"

IV, 2: "La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse"

IV, 2: "Presago il core della tua condanna "

IV, 2: "Vedi ? di morte l’angelo"

Verdi's Aida

Sam Wanamaker (stage director), Garcia Navarro (conductor) – With Margaret Price (Aida), Luciano Pavarotti (Radamès), Simon Estes (Amonsaro)...

Opera
Subscribers

Cast

Sam Wanamaker — Stage director

Douglas Schmidt — Set designer

Lawrence Casey — Costume designer

Thomas Munn — Lighting designer

Roger Gans — Sound Designer

Margo Sappington — Choreographer

Margaret Price — Aida

Program notes

An Aida with all the traditional trimmings, starring two of the greatest opera stars of the 20th century, Sam Wanamaker's 1981 production with Luciano Pavarotti as Radames and Margaret Price as Aida at the San Francisco Opera was one for the ages. Watch the captivating performance in this archival film.

Pavarotti in fine voice as a properly heroic Radames, Margaret Price floating melting pianissimos out into the audience, Stefania Toczyska's high-voltage singing... Sam Wanamaker's Aida is a delight for the eyes and the ears! Hollywood-like production values invested in the costumes and scenery bring ancient Egypt to life in grand style, and the Spanish conductor Garcia Navarro masterfully leads the San Francisco Opera Orchestra in Verdi's classic score.

Photo: © Ron Scherl

A closer look: featured composers

Further listening: featured works

medici.tv - Back to medici.tv

The world’s premier resource for classical music programming: stunning live events from the world’s most prestigious halls, plus thousands of concerts, operas, ballets, and more in our VOD catalogue!

Our programs

Learn more

Useful links

  • Cookie Settings

Follow us

© MUSEEC SAS 2025 . With the support of Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union and the CNC.

Europe media CNC