![]() ![]() The opera is, at its core, a profound exploration of the conflict of private emotion and public duty. This grandest of grand operas, Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida features an epic backdrop for what is in essence an intimate love story set in ancient Egypt packed with magnificent choruses, dramatic arias, complex ensembles and elaborate ballets. Gramophone also lauded Leinsdorf’s contribution: “He catches the grandeur of the public scenes, the delicacy of the intimate ones and carefully judges the weight and pace of each scene.” Domingo and Milnes in top form and Grace Bumbry as a formidable Amneris” ( BBC Music Magazine). Price, declared “the supreme Verdi soprano of her time,” is “unsurpassed as Aida. ![]() Two of their most memorable recordings were set down by RCA in London in the early 1970s, both conducted by Erich Leinsdorf. ![]() Verdi: Aida (2-CD) – Leontyne Price, Plácido Domingo, Grace BumbryĪrtists: Leontyne Price, Plácido Domingo, Grace Bumbry, Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi, Hans Sotin, Joyce Mathis, Bruce Brewer, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony OrchestraĪt the Metropolitan Opera in the second half of the last century, the core Italian repertoire was dominated by a formidable triumvirate of stars: soprano Leontyne Price, tenor Plácido Domingo and baritone Sherrill Milnes. ![]()
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