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Maybe I'm just missing it, but the article doesn't seem to say what language the text of the opera was originally performed in.
At one time in history, Disney planned on having a movie called "Aida" based on this, but production was stopped in 1999?? 66.245.12.170 22:58, 25 May 2004 (UTC)
I've seen the film adaptation of this a couple times now on Canadian TV, but can't see any mention of this on English Wikipedia. The 'Svenska' (swedish??) version does have it though, here starring Margareta_Ridderstedt. The IMDB page is here. Perhaps someone can do a translation of the sv page into English? For what it's worth, it was an amazingly shot movie, albeit with so much nudity that I'd be shocked if it ever made it to American TV. --Kickstart70·Talk 20:51, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
anyone can verify this statement???
it seems to be untrue, according to many other sources.
Regardless of what "seems" to be right to you, that statement is mostly correct. It was not commissioned to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal. It was commissioned to inaugurate the Opera House, but was not completed on time. I do so wish you people included some who actually knew a few things; otherwise you are no better than a gang of six year old know it alls hanging out at the playground. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.242.111.6 (talk) 20:15, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
--Hkchan123 13:03, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
I propose to again remove the umlauts from the word Aïda in this article. I did this on 3 May and it was reverted by User:Mr Snrub without explanation (I have now put a note on his/her Talk page).
The article is called Aida, the character is called Aida and the title of the opera is Aida, in both Italian and English. The articles in such English-language reference works as The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the Penguin/Viking Guide, the Oxford Dictionary of Opera and Kobbé all use Aida and not Aïda. I know that the umlaut is necessary in French and possibly other languages so that people don't pronounce the "Ai" as in words like "aide", but this is the English-language Wikipedia, not the French one. I plan also to remove the grave accent from "Radamès" for exactly the same reason. --GuillaumeTell 11:00, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
I read somewhere that Verdi wanted to use authentic period Egyptian instruments but when he saw what they were like he realized they were about the equivalent of a child's tin horn and wouldn't give the right kind of sound for a big production like this. I can't remember where I read it and I'd need verification before adding it to the article. --Bluejay Young 00:56, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
This has a large amount of black top and bottom. i wonder if the person who uploaded it could crop it? - Kleinzach 01:17, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
I see that someone has made separate articles on each of the characters in the opera. This has occasionally happened in the past and it has been deplored by the Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera as an unnecessary and confusing form of proliferation of material which should be made easily accessible in the main opera article.
Accordingly I will be reverting the edit and recommending deletion of the pages that deal with non-historical figures. Please feel free to discuss this issue below. Regards to all - Kleinzach 15:47, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Shouldn't "Aida" have an umlaut on the "i", creating "Aïda" ? Cheesypot 21:02, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
The article lacks references to the film adaptations, so I have added a paragraph regarding this in the Background section. I mention the two adaptations that already have Wikipedia articles, but IMDb lists numerous others, so if there's more detail to be given on those, it might be worth creating a separate section. The fact the two versions cited -- including one featuring a pre-stardom Sophia Loren and the future Miss Moneypenny of all people -- involved lead actors lip-synching, is worth noting though I don't know if this was considered standard practice for such films. There's a movie called "Aria" that appears to follow the same format, with actors like Elizabeth Hurley shown lip-synching to opera recordings. 68.146.41.232 (talk) 15:54, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
"Aida ... based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette (although there are scholars who argue that the scenario was really written by Temistocle Solera)." -- Please cite the assertion the scenario was really written by Temistocle Solera. (The Wikipedia article on Solera is a brief stub which does not mention this. Auguste Mariette also says nothing about any dispute on authorship.) Wikipedia:When to cite, Wikipedia:Citing sources -- Writtenonsand (talk) 15:47, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
It seems only ONE "scholar" thinks Mariette didn't write the scenario. So, we should reword the article, which, as is, gives the impression that a non-negligible number of scholars think as this Phillips-Matz does.
Thanks. Legran (talk) 08:12, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
I have reverted the addition of a long list of 6 or 7 cities where the premiere of this opera took place. AS far as I know, no other opera article has this.
Adding a long list of the locations of premiere of this (and any opera) seem pointless. If we include them, I feel that they should simply appear in one paragraph, one after the other. Any thoughts? Viva-Verdi (talk) 15:35, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
In this article too, the word scholars is used, whereas it is nowhere really explained in the Wikipedia. Is it really only the teaching class - maybe only at university ( ... academical? just another of this words, not that really well explained, imho) level; maybe also notable scientists could be included? So, below university level, maybe high-school, they are not "scholars" anymore? What about students? When working in/for notable studies, aren't they scholars too, or maybe just being students, just makes them scholars? Then, a high-school student, or maybe even just a primary school student is not a "scholar"? Of course, clearly, in this article the "scholars" can't mean students, can it? --Alien4 (talk) 23:33, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
I had corrected some instances of poor word choice/redundancy in the 'Setting' section of the article. I realize this isn't enough: this section doesn't actually give any factual information! That artistic and clothing styles were 'consistent' and did not change much throughout the history of Ancient Egypt seems (to me, at least) to be an opinion rather than a fact (and a bad opinion about that). I believe that if this bit of 'info' is to be kept in the section, at least it should use some kind of reference, or else be formulated in a better way. Do we have information about what motivated the choice of setting, or any indication as to how the style visible in the sketches of the first production were documented and realized? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gatherlore (talk • contribs) 04:11, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
The article Triumphal March talks only about the one from this opera but it is not even referenced in the write-up. Isn't there nothing to be said about it, despite it's fame and popularity ? 193.251.2.126 (talk) 14:53, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
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Aren't there too many pictures in this article? I'm particularly concerned about User:Kosboot's addition of the most recent picture, File:Aida trumpets.jpg. I think it's a valuable addition, but unfortunately it is positioned in a way that pushes the section "References" away from the left margin which is highly unusual. As there are already so many other pictures, the only suggestion I can make is to position it to the right of that section. It would be better if we could lengthen the article's text, e.g. by adding a section "Instrumentation" where this picture would fit perfectly, or by deciding on which other image or sound file to remove. Frankly, both those historic recordings don't do anything for me. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 13:27, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
I'm not entirely sure we're doing this very well. The Italian quoted is very often longer, and covers sub-sections when the English fails to do so. Also, at some points, a little more would be useful, e.g. Act IV, Scene II, "La fatal pietra" is a little awkward, as the lyrics so very obviously refer to the very opening of the scene, and we've gone well past that to the discovery of Aida by then, not hinted at by the lyrics. Now, in the vocal score I'm looking at, it doesn't divide up the music at all, so if we're arbitrarily dividing, why not use "La fatal pietra" for the opening, then, for the section where Aida appears, we could label a new section of music from the key change: "Qual gemito!" ("What is that groaning?!") Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:38, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
It might be interesting to note in the 20th century performance section the rise of black sopranos taking on the role of Aida, and the fact that Aida was one of the first works from the standard repertoire that opera houses felt comfortable casting black artists in. Singers like Martina Arroyo, Gloria Davy, Simon Estes, Caterina Jarboro, Robert McFerrin, Jessye Norman, Leontyne Price, and Shirley Verrett could be mentioned.4meter4 (talk) 05:20, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
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Bicam3ralMind has started re-writing the synopsis with the edit summary "I have the unfortunate pleasure of announcing this synopsis has been plagiarized from OperaFolio.com. As of today, I will be rewriting this synopsis completely.". As can be seen from the Wayback Machine, Operafolio.com has plagiarised the Wikipedia synopsis, not the other way around. This synopsis has been in the article since at least September 2011 . Aida wasn't even listed on the Operafolio.com site until March 2012 . In fact, the Wikipedia synopsis has remained virtually unchanged since April 2008 . The domain OperaFolio.com was not even registered until September 2008. I am reverting the rewrite as not a real improvement and based on a false premise. Voceditenore (talk) 06:26, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
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This picture shows the set for a performance of Aida by the Israeli Opera in 2011.Photograph: Avinoam Michaeli
According to Crowest's Verdi p.169, premiere date was 24 January 1871. Seems a large disparity from December? 24.59.51.98 (talk) 04:27, 24 June 2020 (UTC) (editing: as the December 24 date has been used for many anniversaries, I see above, I would like to ask its source - it may of course be better sourced than Crowest's late 19th-century biography, though this does not in and of itself follow... ES)
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Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini, whose works significantly influenced him. He is depicted here conducting the orchestra of the Paris Opera premiere of Aida (sung in French) at the Palais Garnier on 22 March 1880. The illustration was published in the 3 April 1880 edition of Le Monde illustré. Illustration credit: Adrien Marie; restored by Adam Cuerden
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