Aida

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Record ID
270
Identifier
13063
Genre
Work Title
Aida
Uniform Title
Aida
Program/Series Title
Live from the Met
Text Author
Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893 (libretto)
Production Year
1985
Transmission/Release Date
1/3/85
Transmission/Release Year
Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform
PBS
Conductor/Music Director
Levine, James, 1943-
Orchestra
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra
Chorus/Choir
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus
Soloists
Leontyne Price (Aida) ; Fiorenza Cossotto (Amneris) ; James McCracken (Radames) ; Simon Estes (Amonasro) ; John Macurdy (Ramfis) ; Dimitri Kavrakos (Re) ; Robert Nagy (Messaggero) ; Therese Brandon (Sacerdotessa)
Participants
Alexander Scourby (host) ; Peter Allen (announcer)
TV/Film Director
Large, Brian
Stage Director
Donnell, Bruce ; Dexter, John, 1925-1990 (production)
Sets
Reppa, David
Costumes
Hall, Peter J., 1926-
Choreography
Johnson, Louis
Production Company
Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
Producer
Paul, Samuel J.
Executive Producer
Bronson, Michael
Technical Information
Live ; color ; stereo
Other Information
Intermission features: Opera quiz with Madeline Kahn, Charles Nelson Reilly and Kitty Carlisle Hart (Edwin Newman) ; Newman interviews James Levine ; Carl Colby film, Aida's Egypt with Arianna Stassinopoulos, David Reppa and Peter Hall ; Verdi's Sant'Agata (Francis Robinson). Sonya Friedman (English subtitles) ; Live from the Met ; later title: The Metropolitan Opera Presents
Duration
ca. 240'
Presenting Station
WNET
Company
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Archive
The Paley Center for Media (formerly Museum of Television & Radio)
Sourcemat
PRINTCAT (X)

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