"by Renato Castellani, where Verdi was played by Ronald Pickup, with narration by Burt Lancaster in the English version; and the 1985 play ""After Aida"", by Julian Mitchell (1985). He is a character in the 2011 opera ""Risorgimento!"" by Italian composer Lorenzo Ferrero, written to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Italian unification of 1861. Verdi appeared on the Italian 1000 lire notes printed from 1962–76. Beginning in 1969 his house was shown on the reverse. He has also appeared on various postage stamps. Verdi's operas are frequently staged around the world. All of his operas are available in recordings in"
"Amneris in Verdi's ""Aida"", but there is evidence that she may have sung a number of roles in the previous year. In 1926, she was invited to La Scala Milan by Arturo Toscanini to sing the part of Princess Eboli in Verdi's ""Don Carlo"", and Milan continued to be a principal stage for her during the rest of her career. She sang all of the major Italian mezzo-soprano roles, but also tackled Wagner's Ortrud (""Lohengrin"") and Brangäne (""Tristan und Isolde""), and Saint-Saëns's Dalila (""Samson et Dalila"") conducted by Victor de Sabata. She appeared with the San Francisco Opera in 1938"
"Caballé (1973). The friendship and mutual respect between the two divas represented a milestone in Cortez's career. For ""Norma"" and ""Maria Stuarda"", as well as for ""Don Carlo"" and ""Il Trovatore"", the Catalan soprano and the Romanian mezzo-soprano were scheduled together in Lisbon, Naples, Nice, Vienna, Cologne, Madrid and La Scala (""Norma"", 1974) and at the Met (""Il Trovatore"", 1973). In 1972, Viorica Cortez acceded to the Arena di Verona ""hall of fame"", interpreting Amneris opposite the Radames of Franco Corelli. In the following years, she would become a favourite of the notoriously picky audience of what is Italy's most"
"October 1, 1926. She sang with the company in the years 1926-1927, 1929, 1932-1933, 1935-36, performing the roles of Azucena in ""Il trovatore"", Brangäne in ""Tristan und Isolde"", The Witch in ""Hansel und Gretel"", Ortrud in ""Lohengrin"", Erda in ""Das Rheingold"" and ""Siegfried"", Fricka in ""Die Walküre"" and Waltraute in ""Götterdämmerung"". In 1927 she sang with the Los Angeles Grand Opera, appearing as Amneris as well as Giovanna in ""Rigoletto"" and Suzuki in ""Madama Butterfly"". Amneris was again her debut role on June 25, 1929 for the Cologne Opera. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Amneris in Aida on"
"(with Maria Gasi as Santuzza), ""Pagliacci"" (with Fredericks as Canio and Eva Likova as Nedda), and ""Aida"" (with Astrid Varnay in the title role, Kurt Baum as Radamès, Claramae Turner as Amneris, and John Lawler as the King of Egypt). The Philadelphia Grand Opera Company remained active for two decades, producing six operas during an annual season. The company notably presented the world premiere of Pietro Aria's ""Jericho Road"" on March 12, 1969. Many notable singers performed with the company during its history including, John Alexander, Thelma Altman, Salvatore Baccaloni, Cesare Bardelli, Gaetano Bardini, Daniele Barioni, Ara Berberian, Frances Bible,"
"Vienna State Opera; drawing particular acclaim there as Brangäne in Richard Wagner's ""Tristan und Isolde"". In 1976 she made her debut at the Paris Opera as Amneris in Verdi's ""Aida"", and made her first appearance at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo in the title role of Georges Bizet's ""Carmen"". She has since appeared as a guest artist at the Cologne Opera. the Edinburgh Festival, the Greek National Opera, the Hamburg State Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, the Hungarian State Opera House, La Scala, the Liceu, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the National Opera of Sofia, the Salzburg Festival, the San Francisco"
"the theatrical agent in Milan: ""I have no use for her – either as Amneris, who is a mezzo-soprano, or as Aida, for other reasons."" Draneht visited Verdi at his home in Sant' Agata in May, where they discussed her further. Draneht, having been unaware of Verdi's opposition, had already signed her to sing Amneris. Verdi was adamantly opposed, not only because the part was too low, but because ""I know from experience that it is in the interest of both the management and the composer to give her operas in which she is the only ""soprano"", or at least"
"premieres of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's ""Der Ring des Polykrates"" (February 10, 1927), Manuel de Falla's ""El amor brujo"" (March 17, 1927), Richard Strauss's ""Feuersnot"" (December 2, 1927), and Strauss's ""Ariadne auf Naxos"" (November 1, 1928). However, the company mainly presented works from the standard opera repertory. In the autumn of 1928 the company began performing at the Academy of Music instead of the MOH. Their first performance at the Academy was Giuseppe Verdi's ""Aida"" on October 18, 1928 with Emily Roosevelt in the title role, Paul Althouse as Radamès, Julia Claussen as Amneris, Reinhold Schmidt as the King of Egypt,"
"Adèle Almati Alma Adèle Louise Almati née Heitmann (1861–1919) was a German-born Swedish mezzo-soprano opera singer who sang at the Royal Swedish Opera between 1886 and 1897. Important roles included Amneris in ""Aida"", Azucena in ""Il trovatore"" and Brünhilde in ""Die Walküre"". Born in Jersey City on 23 February 1861, Adèle Heitmann was the daughter of the German sea captain Berthold Hein Heitmann and Emma Henrietta Gercken. Following the death of her parents, she was adopted by the Swedish telegraph executive Alfred Harald Emil Fich and his wife who moved to Stockholm in 1868. After completing her schooling, she was"
"role, Luciano Pavarotti as Radamès, Olga Borodina as Amneris, and James Levine conducting. He has since been heard at the Met as Alfio in Pietro Mascagni's ""Cavalleria rusticana"", Carlo Gérard in ""Andrea Chénier"", Count Tomsky in ""The Queen of Spades"", Don Carlo in Verdi's ""La Forza del Destino"", the Messenger in Richard Strauss' ""Die Frau ohne Schatten"", Scarpia, and the title roles in Verdi's ""Nabucco"", Verdi's ""Rigoletto"", and Verdi's ""Simon Boccanegra"". Delavan has also sung roles with other leading American companies like the Houston Grand Opera, the Los Angeles Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the New York City Opera,"
"Nell Rankin Nell Rankin (January 3, 1924 – January 13, 2005) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano. Though a successful opera singer internationally, she spent most of her career at the Metropolitan Opera, where she worked from 1951 to 1976. She was particularly admired for her portrayals of Amneris in Verdi's ""Aida"" and the title role in Bizet's ""Carmen"". ""Opera News"" said, ""Her full, generous tone and bold phrasing, especially in the Italian repertory, were unique among American mezzos of her generation. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Rankin was raised in a musical family. Along with her parents and siblings, Rankin grew"
"exotic animals and at one time owned a mina bird named Pharaoh and a jaguar with which she was photographed as Amneris. Nell Rankin Nell Rankin (January 3, 1924 – January 13, 2005) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano. Though a successful opera singer internationally, she spent most of her career at the Metropolitan Opera, where she worked from 1951 to 1976. She was particularly admired for her portrayals of Amneris in Verdi's ""Aida"" and the title role in Bizet's ""Carmen"". ""Opera News"" said, ""Her full, generous tone and bold phrasing, especially in the Italian repertory, were unique among American mezzos"
"operatic debut in Osimo, Italy at the Teatro Piccolo la Fenice in Puccini´s ""Il tabarro"" and ""Gianni Schicchi"". He then went on to sing in leading opera houses around the world as well as at the Arena di Verona Apart from Verdian roles, his repertoire also includes the principal tenor roles in operas by Puccini, Leoncavallo, Wagner, Saint-Saëns, Mascagni, and Beethoven. Kristján Jóhannsson Kristján Jóhannsson (born May 24, 1948 in Akureyri, Iceland) is an Icelandic operatic tenor particularly known for his performances in Verdian roles, and especially as Radames in ""Aida"". Although Kristján was born into a musical family, he"
"the opera house in Reggio Emilia as Amneris in Giuseppe Verdi's ""Aida""; a role which she would repeat at many major opera houses internationally later in her career and notably record for the opera's first commercial recording in 1928. Capuana soon began appearing in leading roles at major opera houses in both Italy and France and by 1920 she had already made appearances at La Scala in Milan, the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, the Teatro Regio in Turin, and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris among others. She enjoyed several major successes with the role of Brangäne in"
"2002, she debuted with the Washington National Opera and the Los Angeles Opera. The following year, she performed with Opera Pacific, including a benefit performance with tenor Plácido Domingo. In October 2005, she debuted with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, starring in Bizet's ""Carmen"" and as Amneris in Verdi's ""Aida"", roles which she reprised for Opera Pacific. Kitic teaches master classes at Chapman University, the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music and the University of California, Irvine. Kitic is married to entrepreneur and former Yugoslav prime minister Milan Panić. The couple has homes in Newport Beach and"
"for that premiere, she became his favorite Amneris. In 1874, he again used her for the mezzo-soprano role in his ""Requiem"", for which he wrote the ""Liber scriptus"" with her voice in mind. Verdi particularly valued her for the rich, dark color of her lower, contralto register. Verdi exploits that to great effect in the ""Liber scriptus"", which focusses on the mid- and low-registers of the mezzo-soprano range. Maria Waldmann retired from the stage very early, at the age of only about 31, after marrying Duke Galeazzo Massari. She lived with him at Palazzo Massari on Corso Parto Mare in"
"Aleksandr Antonenko Aleksandrs Antoņenko (born in Riga June 26, 1975) is a Latvian tenor who specializes in dramatic repertoire. He debuted on stage as ""Prince"" in ""Rusalka"" in 2009. Since then, he has performed in cities such as Baden-Baden, Berlin, Monte Carlo, and Stockholm. Notable appearances include a 2012 appearance in Tosca, as Cavaradossi, at La Scala. In the same year he was seen as Otello at the Royal Opera House in London. In 2013 he appeared in the role of ""Radames"" in ""Aida"" at the Zurich Opera House. He followed that performance by appearing as Manrico in Il Trovatore"
"Maria Waldmann Maria Waldmann (19 November 1845 – 6 November 1920) was an Austrian mezzo-soprano who had a noted association with Giuseppe Verdi. She was born in Vienna in 1845 and studied with Francesco Lamperti. She dedicated herself to the Italian mezzo-soprano repertoire. She was heard with Teresa Stolz in September 1869 in a production of ""Don Carlo"" in Trieste. Thereafter she sang in Moscow and at La Scala, Milan where, in 1871-2, she appeared in both ""La forza del destino"" and as Amneris in the European premiere of ""Aida"" (8 February 1872). Despite Verdi's initial reluctance to engage Waldmann"
"perform there until her retirement in 1897. She then moved abroad. In 1895, she married the Swedish opera director, Ernst Axel Rundberg who died in 1901. In 1910, she married the German concert singer Gustav Adolf Henkels. Adèle Almati Alma Adèle Louise Almati née Heitmann (1861–1919) was a German-born Swedish mezzo-soprano opera singer who sang at the Royal Swedish Opera between 1886 and 1897. Important roles included Amneris in ""Aida"", Azucena in ""Il trovatore"" and Brünhilde in ""Die Walküre"". Born in Jersey City on 23 February 1861, Adèle Heitmann was the daughter of the German sea captain Berthold Hein Heitmann"
"Micah (""Samson""), Arsace (""Semiramide""), Amneris (""Aida""), Azucena (""Il trovatore""), Ulrica (""Un ballo in maschera""), Eboli (""Don Carlos""), the title role in ""Carmen"", Frugola, Principessa, Zita, (""Il trittico""), Lucretia (""The Rape of Lucretia""), Mistress Quickly (""Falstaff""), Sesto (""La clemenza di Tito""), Caesar (""Julius Caesar""), Orpheus (""Orpheus""), Mrs Sedley (""Peter Grimes""), and Anna and Dido (""Les Troyens""), Bradamante (""Alcina""), and Judith ""Bluebeard's Castle"", Delilah (""Samson and Delilah""), Fricka (""Die Walküre""), Erda (""Siegfried""), and the Ice Queen (""Schwanda the Bagpiper""). Her recordings include: Lauris Elms Lauris Margaret Elms AM OBE (born 20 October 1931) is an Australian contralto, renowned in opera and lieder."
"recent seasons"" That was the first of 274 performances with the Met Opera company; it lasted through 20 seasons. She was particularly noted as Amneris in Verdi's ""Aïda"", a part she sang 69 times at the Metropolitan. She was Brangäne when Birgit Nilsson sang her first ""Tristan und Isolde"" at the Met in 1959, Amneris when Leontyne Price debuted in Aïda at the Metropolitan in 1961 and Princess di Bouillon for Plácido Domingo’s Met debut in ""Adriana Lecouvreur"". She also performed with soprano Leonie Rysanek frequently, most notably 17 performances of ""Die Frau ohne Schatten"", as well as in Salome"
"RAI in 1951 (to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Verdi's death), such as ""Giovanna d'Arco"", ""La battaglia di Legnano"", and ""Aroldo"". Later roles included most of the great Verdi baritone roles, particularly the title character in ""Rigoletto"", The Count of Luna in ""Il trovatore"", Giorgio Germont in ""La traviata"", Marquis of Posa in ""Don Carlos"", Amonasro in ""Aida"". Panerai has more than 150 operas in his repertory, although he is best known for comic roles: Ford in ""Falstaff"" (his signature role), Gianni Schicchi, Figaro in ""Nozze di Figaro"", Leporello in ""Don Giovanni"", and both Guglielmo and Alfonso in ""Così fan"
"during her career. Her most frequently assailed role at the Met was Amneris in Giuseppe Verdi's ""Aida""; a part she played in 80 performances opposite such Aidas as Gloria Davy, Florence Kirk, Zinka Milanov, Herva Nelli, Delia Rigal, Antonietta Stella, Renata Tebaldi, and Ljuba Welitsch among others. She also excelled in Wagner's operas at the Met, portraying the roles of Erda in ""Das Rheingold"", Magdalene in ""Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"", Ortrud in ""Lohengrin"", Venus in ""Tannhäuser"", Waltraute in ""Götterdämmerung"", and Fricka in both ""Die Walküre"" and ""Das Rheingold"". In 1951 Thebom appeared as Dorabella in the premiere of Alfred Lunt's"
"also secretly in love with Radamès, is the captured daughter of the Ethiopian King Amonasro, but her Egyptian captors are unaware of her true identity. Her father has invaded Egypt to deliver her from servitude. Amneris, the daughter of the Egyptian King, enters the hall. She too loves Radamès, but fears that his heart belongs to someone else (Radamès, Amneris: ""Quale insolita gioia nel tuo sguardo"" / In your looks I trace a joy unwonted). Aida appears and, when Radamès sees her, Amneris notices that he looks disturbed. She suspects that Aida could be her rival, but is able to"
"La Fenice in Venice, and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. At the Metropolitan Opera, she performed with James Levine, as Venus in ""Tannhäuser"", as Fricka in ""Die Walküre"", and as the Composer in ""Ariadne auf Naxos"" by Richard Strauss. She appeared at the Arena di Verona as Ulrica in Verdi's ""Un ballo in maschera"", as Amneris in ""Aida"", and in the title role of Bizet's ""Carmen"" alongside José Carreras. Gilmore haa a repertory of over 40 roles, including Ortrud in Wagner's ""Lohengrin"", Lady Macbeth in Verdi's ""Macbeth"", and the title roles in Othmar Schoeck's ""Penthesilea"" and in"
"paid a fee. She had her business cards reprinted with her married name Countess Eleonora de Cisneros and she was well received then. Cisneros made her début at Turin as Amneris in Giuseppe Verdi's opera ""Aida"". Cisneros debuted in 1906 at La Scala in Milan, Italy. At this opera house in this year she established the part of Candia della Leonessa in the opera ""La figlia di Iorio"" by Alberto Franchetti. She sang also the same year in the opera house the first performances of the operas ""The Queen of Spades"" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and ""Salome"" by Richard Strauss."
"Rondine), Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Ponchielli's ""Gioconda"" (La Gioconda), and Boito's ""Margareta/ Elena"" (Mefistofele) to Tchaikovsky's ""Lisa"" (The Queen of Spades) and Richard Wagner's ""Senta"" (The Flying Dutchman). It contains twelve Verdi-roles: La Traviata, ""Desdemona"" (Otello), Aida, ""Leonora"" (Il Trovatore and La forza del destino), ""Elisabetta"" (Don Carlo), ""Elena"" (I vespri siciliani), ""Amelia"" (Simon Boccanegra), ""Elvira"" (Ernani), ""Lady Macbeth"", ""Abigaille"" (Nabucco), ""Odabella"" (Attila) as well as the Requiem. A central part for her is Bellini's Norma; she has appeared in this role among others at Vienna Volksoper, at the Regio of Turin, in Montreal, Baltimore, Detroit, Denver, Washington, D.C. and at"
"National Opera, where his roles have included Turridu (""Cavalleria rusticana"") and ""Le comte Ory""; Opera North, where his roles have included Vana (""Katya Kabanova""), Pedrillo (""Die Entführung aus dem Serail"") and Nemorino (""L'elisir d'amore""); and Scottish Opera, where his roles have included Jack (""The Midsummer Marriage""), Narraboth (""Salome"") and Loge (""Das Rheingold""). For Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Bonaventura Bottone has sung Alfed (""Die Fledermaus""), and the Italian Tenor (""Capriccio"") Tzar Berendey (Snow Maiden). Bonaventura Bottone's European engagements include: ""Die Fledermaus"" (Alfred) at the Opéra National de Paris Bastille; ""Der Rosenkavalier"" (Italian Singer) and ""Die Fledermaus"" (Alfred) at the Bayerische Staatsoper München;"
"Heather Begg Dame Isoleen Heather Begg (1 December 1932 – 12 May 2009) was a New Zealand-born operatic mezzo-soprano who spent most of her career in the United Kingdom and Australia. She was renowned in roles such as the title role in Bizet's ""Carmen"", Amneris in Verdi's ""Aida"" and in lighter operas such as ""The Gondoliers"". She appeared alongside Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Beverly Sills, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Dame Janet Baker, José Carreras, Dame Malvina Major, Sir Donald McIntyre and many other prominent singers. Her recording with Glenys Fowles of the ""Flower Duet"" from"
"few performances of the role in Spain. In 1898 Cucini traveled to Russia where she sang in several operas in Saint Petersburg and portrayed the role of Gertrude in Ambroise Thomas's ""Hamlet"" in Odessa. In 1901 and 1902 she sang at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and the Solís Theatre in Montevideo, notably portraying Amneris in Giuseppe Verdi's ""Aida"" and as Azucena in Verdi's ""Il Trovatore"". This was the beginning of a fruitful career in South America that lasted until 1910. In 1903 Cucini made an extensive tour of South America with lauded soprano Hariclea Darclée. Over the next"
"the title heroine. On February 12, 1958 Davy made her debut at the Met as Aida with Kurt Baum as Radamès, Leonard Warren as Amonasro, Irene Dalis as Amneris and Fausto Cleva conducting. She was notably the first black artist to appear as Aida at the opera house, and the 4th black artist to appear on the Met stage after Marian Anderson, Robert McFerrin, and Mattiwilda Dobbs. She appeared in 15 performances at the Metropolitan Opera House over four seasons, including performances of Pamina in Mozart’s ""The Magic Flute"" and Nedda in Leoncavallo’s ""Pagliacci"". In July 1961 she toured with"
"concert arias. The aria was originally sung by Mysliveček's friend and professional collaborator Luigi Marchesi in the role of Rinaldo. The tenor Valentin Adamberger, who would create the role of Belmonte in Mozart's opera ""Die Entführung aus dem Serail"" in Vienna in 1782, was also present as a cast member. (taken from the score in the Ajuda Palace in Lisbon,<br> the only complete score of the opera) Act I, scene 1 - Aria of Fenicia, ""Perche d'affano oppressa"" <br> Act I, scene 2 - Aria of Sidonia, ""Vuoi che turbi"" <br> Act I, scene 3 - Aria of Armida, ""So"
"at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Other roles include Guido di Monforte (Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani), Iago (Verdi's Otello), Germont (Verdi's La Traviata), Stankar (Verdi's Stiffelio), Grand Prêtre (Saint-Saёns's Samson et Dalila), Valentin (Gounod's ""Faust"") and Barnaba (Ponchielli's La Gioconda). He is married to the Lieder singer and singing teacher, Christina Giannakopoulou. Dimitri Platanias Dimitri Platanias (born 4 December 1970) is a Greek baritone who has had an active international career since 2007, excelling particularly in the roles of Verdi and the Italian Verismo. Born in Kalamata, he first studied classical guitar and singing at the Kalamata Municipal Conservatory"