Aida

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Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Librettist
Antonio Ghislanzoni
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1935
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Gaetano Merola
Stage Director(s)
Armando Agnini
Chorus Master
Antonio Dell'Orefice
Incidental Dances Arranged by
Adolph Bolm

Cast

Aida, an Ethiopian slave
Elisabeth Rethberg
Amneris, daughter of the Egyptian King
Coe Glade(11/23)
Kathryn Meisle(11/11)
Radames, Captain of the Egyptian Guard
Giovanni Martinelli
Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, Aida's father
Nelson Eddy(11/11)
Richard Bonelli(11/23)
Ramfis, High Priest of Isis
Ezio Pinza
King of Egypt
Douglas Beattie
Messenger
Marek Windheim
Priestess
Geraldine Watt

Show Dates

Time and Place

In Pharaohs' time; Memphis and Thebes

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- Hall in King's Palace at Memphis
Act I, Scene 2 -- Temple of Isis
Act II, Scene 1 -- A Hall in Amneris's Apartment
Act II, Scene 2 -- The Gate of Thebes
Act III -- Shores of the Nile, near Temple of Isis
Act IV, Scene 1 -- Outside the Judgment Hall
Act Ivm Scene 2 -- Above -- In the Temple of Vulcan; Below -- Vault beneath the Temple

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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