"Amonasro among them. Aida immediately rushes to her father, who whispers to her to conceal his true identity as King of Ethiopia from the Egyptians. Amonasro deceptively proclaims to the Egyptians that the Ethiopian king (referring to himself) has been slain in battle. Aida, Amonasro, and the captured Ethiopians plead with the Egyptian King for mercy, but Ramfis and the Egyptian priests call for their death (Aida, Amneris, Radamès, The King, Amonasro, chorus: ""Che veggo! .. Egli? .. Mio padre! .. Anch'io pugnai .. Struggi, o Re, queste ciurme feroci"" / What do I see?.. Is it he? My father?"
"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"
"This is the desperate love story of an Ethiopian slave Aida (Sophia Loren) staying in the then capital of Egypt Memphis with the young Egyptian supreme commander Radames (Luciano). Aida’s mistress, Amneris (Lois Maxwell), the daughter of the pharaoh is too in love with Radames. Aida doesn’t know how to hide her love, and Amneris is jealous of her because of her beauty and simplicity. On the war with the Ethiopians, Egypt will concur and the pharaoh will declare the marriage of his daughter with Radames. Radames will come to meet Aida, perhaps for the last time! Aida doesn’t know"
"Berenice (opera) Berenice (HWV 38) is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel to a 1709 Antonio Salvi libretto, ""Berenice, regina d’Egitto"", or ""Berenice, Queen of Egypt"". Handel began the music in December 1736; the premiere took place at Covent Garden Theatre in London on 18 May 1737 — but was unsuccessful, with just three further performances. Set circa 81 B.C., ""Berenice"" traces the life of Cleopatra, who was Berenice III of Egypt and daughter of Ptolemy IX, the main character in another Handel opera, ""Tolomeo"". The German-born Handel, after spending some of his early career composing operas"
"the most popular Armenian musical and theatrical work. The opera is about the tragedy of a peasant girl (Anoush) whose short love affair ends in loss and death because of conflict between her lover (Saro) and her brother (Mossy). The tragic love story is set in a typical 19th century Armenian village. Anoush is a young village woman who falls in love with a shepherd, named Saro. One evening, at a village wedding celebration, Mossy, Anoush's brother, and Saro fight in a friendly wrestling match. However, instead of letting Mossy win, as is the prevailing custom, Saro violates the local"
"was made up of men, including ""castrati"". The opera was written for four sopranos, one alto, and one tenor, who played the protagonist Antigono. The Macedonian King Antigono and his banished son Demetrio are both loved by the Egyptian princess Berenice. Antigono’s daughter, Ismene, loves Alessandro, who is the enemy of Macedonia. The opera portrays a violent struggle between Antigono and Alessandro. Typical for opera seria plots, identities and the emotional relations between the characters become confused. Everything is resolved through the forgiveness of King Antigono, and the opera seria ends happily. Antigono (King of Macedonia) – Tenor Berenice (Egyptian"
"Electra In Greek mythology, Elektra (; , ""Ēlektra"", ""amber"") was the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and thus princess of Argos. She and her brother Orestes plotted revenge against their mother Clytemnestra and stepfather Aegisthus for the murder of their father. Electra is one of the most popular mythological characters in tragedies. She is the main character in two Greek tragedies, ""Electra"" by Sophocles and ""Electra"" by Euripides. She is also the central figure in plays by Aeschylus, Alfieri, Voltaire, Hofmannsthal, and Eugene O'Neill. In psychology, the Electra complex is named after her. Electra's parents were King Agamemnon"
"in 2016. Years before the action of the opera, the young princess Ifigenia narrowly escaped death by sacrifice at the hands of her father, Agamemnon.At the last moment the goddess Diana, to whom the sacrifice was to be made, intervened and replaced Ifigenia on the altar with a deer, saving the girl and sweeping her off to Tauris. She has since been made a priestess at the temple of Diana in Tauris, a position in which she has the gruesome task of ritually sacrificing foreigners who land on King Toante's shores. Ifigenia hates her forced religious servitude and has had"
"and Aricie. ""The temple of Diane in Troezen"" The story concerns the Greek hero Theseus, King of Athens (Thésée in the opera), his wife Phèdre (Phaedra) and Thésée's son by another woman, Hippolyte (Hippolytus). Hippolyte is in love with a young woman, Aricie, but she is the daughter of Thesée's enemy, Pallas, and he has compelled her to take a vow of chastity to Diane. Before she does so, Hippolyte reveals his love for her and the goddess promises to protect the couple. This enrages Phèdre, who has been nursing an illicit desire for her stepson herself. News arrives that"
"role in Lion Feuchtwanger's historical novel, Josephus (The Jewish War). The book ""Agrippa's Daughter"", by Howard Fast, is about Berenice. She is also in The Last Disciple Series. From the 17th century to contemporary times, there has been a long tradition of works of art (novels, dramas, operas, etc.) devoted to Berenice and her affair with the Roman Emperor Titus. The list includes: The love story between Berenice and Titus is also the premise of ""La clemenza di Tito"" (1734), an Italian opera with music by Antonio Caldara and a libretto by Pietro Metastasio that was later set to music"
"Medferiashwork Abebe Empress Medferiashwork Abebe (Crown Princess Medferiashwork), baptismal name ""Amete Maryam"" (1922 – March 13, 2009), was the titular Empress-consort of Amha Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia in Exile. (Her full title used by monarchists was ""Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Medferiashwork"", but she was officially regarded in post-Derg Ethiopia as ""Her Imperial Highness Princess Medferiashwork Abebe"".) Her father was ""Dejazmach"" and Major-General Abebe Damtew, so she was a niece of ""Ras"" Desta Damtew who was the first husband of her sister-in-law, Princess Tenagnework. She was thus a member of the aristocratic Adisge clan. Her mother was ""Woizero"" Wosenyelesh Mangasha, who"
"Caterina Cornaro (opera) Caterina Cornaro ossia La Regina di Cipro (""Caterina Cornaro or The Queen of Cyprus"") is a ""tragedia lirica"", or opera, in a prologue and two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Giacomo Sacchèro wrote the Italian libretto after Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges' libretto for Halévy's ""La reine de Chypre"" (1841). It is based on the life of Caterina Cornaro (1454 - 1510), Queen of Cyprus from 1474 to 1489. It premiered at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples on 12 January 1844. Following the success of ""Linda di Chamounix"", ""Caterina Cornaro"" was commissioned by Bartolomeo Merelli, impresario of the Kaertnerthortheater"
"Arsete to Babylon to find them and bring them home. At this point the opera begins on the shores of the Euphrates. Over the next three acts, multiple complications ensue from the disguises and mistaken identities. These include Erasto falling in love with ""Celinda"" (Tolomeo), Oronte being deposed from his future throne for ultimately refusing to marry Arsinoe, and ""Ali"" (Dori) attempting suicide. Her selfless motive was to force Oronte to marry Arsinoe and thus regain his throne. Interspersed with these scenes are lengthy comic exchanges between Dirce, Oronte's old nurse, and Golo, his buffoonish servant, as well as tirades"
"sister of Orestes and the daughter of Agamemnon. Agamemnon – the former king of Argos and the father of Orestes and Electra, Agamemnon was murdered by Aegisthus prior to the story's onset. Orestes' desire to avenge his father's death is a major plot device in the play. Clytemnestra – the wife of Aegisthus and the mother of Orestes and Electra. Aegisthus – the husband of Clytemnestra. Furies – also known as the Erinyes or ""infernal goddesses"", the Furies serve as Zeus' enforcers in Argos and punish those who swear false oaths. In 1941, Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir attended performances"
"Amymone In Greek mythology, Amymone (Ancient Greek: Αμυμωνη means the ""blameless"" one) was a daughter of Danaus, king of Libya and Europe, a queen. As the ""blameless"" Danaid, her name identifies her as, perhaps, identical to Hypermnestra (""great wooing"" or ""high marriage""), also the one Danaid who did not assassinate her Egyptian husband on their wedding night, as her 49 sisters did. (See the myth at the entry for Danaus.) The author of the ""Bibliotheca"", in his list of names for the Danaids, does mention both Hypermnestra and Amymone, however (""Library"" 2.1.5). Poseidon, in archaic times the consort of the"
"Musalsalah"" in Arabic. It has also been called ""Persea"" (""Perseus's wife"") or ""Cepheis"" (""Cepheus's daughter""), all names that refer to Andromeda's role in the Greco-Roman myth of Perseus, in which Cassiopeia, the queen of Ethiopia, bragged that her daughter was more beautiful than the Nereids, sea nymphs blessed with incredible beauty. Offended at her remark, the nymphs petitioned Poseidon to punish Cassiopeia for her insolence, which he did by commanding the sea monster Cetus to attack Ethiopia. Andromeda's panicked father, Cepheus, was told by the Oracle of Ammon that the only way to save his kingdom was to sacrifice his"
"singers, supervise the orchestra and musicians, and adapt operas from Italy for London performance. Years before the action begins, Persian general Oronte had staged a coup, murdered the king, seized the throne himself and adopted the slain king's baby daughter, Elisa, bringing her up as his own daughter under the name Elmira by the side of his real daughter Rossane. Now the girls are of marriageable age, Elmira has been betrothed to Prince Floridante, a leader of Oronte's armies, and Rossane is to be married to a prince of a nearby kingdom, Timante, Prince of Tyre. However, Oronte has fallen"
"Andromeda Chained to the Rocks Andromeda Chained to the Rocks (1630) is a 34 x 25 oil on panel painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt. It is now in the Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands. Andromeda represents Rembrandt's first full length mythological female nude history painting and is taken from a story in Ovid's ""Metamorphoses"". In Metamorphoses, Andromeda (mythology) is the daughter of an Ethiopian king and queen, Cepheus and Cassiopeia. Cassiopeia was very boastful about her beauty, and asserted that she was more beautiful than Juno, the queen of the gods and the Nereids. Insulted by Cassiopeia's assertions,"
"and Tomiris, the high priestess of Diana, who is—as revealed near the end of the opera—the mother of Orontes. Ultimately, the plot ends happily, with each couple united and war averted, as the Scythians and Amazons manage to peacefully co-exist. The depiction of the benevolent, thoughtful ruler Talestris coming-of-age as a political leader suggests the possibility that the opera is a semi-autobiographical rendering of Maria Antonia herself. Although published using the pseudonym ""ETPA"", standing for ""Ermelinda Talea Pastorella Arcadia"", Maria Antonia’s operas were successfully published by Breitkopf and enjoyed warm reviews both in their premieres at the court theater, which"
"Aethiopia. This mythical Ethiopia was ruled by King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia. Cassiopeia, having boasted her daughter Andromeda equal in beauty to the Nereids, drew the vengeance of Poseidon, who sent an inundation on the land and a sea serpent, Cetus, which destroyed man and beast. The oracle of Ammon announced that no relief would be found until the king exposed his daughter Andromeda to the monster, and so she was fastened naked to a rock on the shore. Perseus slew the monster and, setting her free, claimed her in marriage. Perseus married Andromeda in spite of Phineus, to whom"
"hide her jealousy and approach Aida (Amneris, Aida, Radamès: ""Vieni, o diletta, appressati"" / Come, O delight, come closer). The King enters, along with the High Priest, Ramfis, and the whole palace court. A messenger announces that the Ethiopians, led by King Amonasro, are marching towards Thebes. The King declares war and proclaims that Radamès is the man chosen by the goddess Isis to be the leader of the army (The King, Messenger, Radamès, Aida, Amneris, Ramfis, chorus: ""Alta cagion v'aduna .. Guerra, guerra, guerra!"" / Oh fate o'er Egypt looming .. War, war, war!). Upon receiving this mandate from"
"Like the music, the plot intertwines pastoral and heroic elements and centers on the shepherd Nomio, who is in fact Apollo in disguise. Nomio falls in love with Dorilla, the daughter of Admeto, King of Thessaly, who is herself in love with the shepherd Elmiro. Admeto is forced by the gods to save his kingdom by offering his daughter as a sacrifice to the sea-serpent Pitone, but she is rescued just in time by Nomio. Nomio claims the hand of Dorilla as his reward, but she remains reluctant and escapes with Elmiro. The pair are captured, and Elmiro is sentenced"
"Philomela Philomela () or Philomel (; , ""Philomēlē"") is a minor figure in Greek mythology and is frequently invoked as a direct and figurative symbol in literary, artistic, and musical works in the Western canon. She is identified as being the ""princess of Athens"" and the younger of two daughters of Pandion I, King of Athens, and Zeuxippe. Her sister, Procne, was the wife of King Tereus of Thrace. While the myth has several variations, the general depiction is that Philomela, after being raped and mutilated by her sister's husband, Tereus, obtains her revenge and is transformed into a nightingale"
"their roles from the Lotti opera in ""Ottone"". The opera is based on events from the lives of Adalbert of Italy and Otto II. The ""Argument"" to the opera provides the context of the events that precede the opera. It had been arranged that Ottone would marry Teofane, daughter of Romano, the Eastern Emperor. Basilio, Teofane's brother, had been driven into exile by a usurper. However, Basilio had become a pirate during his exile, and took on the name of Emireno. ""A gallery adorned with statues"" Gismonda's dream is to see her son Adelberto on the throne of Italy. (Arioso:"
"interest today. The opera tells the story of Pharnaces II; according to the uses of the time there is no historical accuracy since the fate of Pharnaces is quite different from the one in history books. Farnace, King of Pontus, has been defeated, and to avoid their falling into the hands of the enemy, he commands his wife, Tamiri, to kill their son and then herself. Tamiri's mother, Berenice, hates Farnace and is in cahoots with Pompey, the Roman victor, to kill him. Selinda, Farnace's sister, is taken captive by the Roman Aquilius, who falls in love with her, as"
"sings this touching piece sublime spirit"". Ambassel is a mountain fortress ruled by the Jantirar, and a woreda named after it in Wollo region. Ambassel district raised many musicians and music lovers. Ambassel mode is used for singing historical and traditional tales and for children's songs. Its popularity throughout Ethiopia grew as Empress Menen Asfaw, the daughter of Jantirar Asfaw, became consort of Emperor Haile Selassie. ""Ambassel"", the seventh piece in the album, is a traditional tune upon which the singer improvises stories of his emotions, or historical tales. Here Fentahon Malessa's Krar accompanies player Barihun's improvisations on the saxophone,"
"the new ballet piece by Kim Brandstrup, 'Invitus Invitam' which premiered in the Royal Opera House in October 2010. Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa) Berenice of Cilicia, also known as Julia Berenice and sometimes spelled Bernice (28 AD – after 81), was a Jewish client queen of the Roman Empire during the second half of the 1st century. Berenice was a member of the Herodian Dynasty that ruled the Roman province of Judaea between 39 BC and 92 AD. She was the daughter of King Herod Agrippa I and a sister of King Herod Agrippa II. What little is known"
"In a departure from recent practice and in compliance with her wishes, Empress Medferiashwork was not entombed with other members of the Imperial family in the crypt of Holy Trinity Cathedral. Instead she was buried in the church yard of the cathedral alongside her mother in the section reserved for exiles of the Italian occupation. The Empress had lived in exile with her parents and sister in Jerusalem during the occupation of Ethiopia from 1936 to 1941. Medferiashwork Abebe Empress Medferiashwork Abebe (Crown Princess Medferiashwork), baptismal name ""Amete Maryam"" (1922 – March 13, 2009), was the titular Empress-consort of Amha"
"Cassiopeia (Queen of Ethiopia) Cassiopeia (Κασσιόπεια) or Cassiepeia (Κασσιέπεια), a figure in Greek mythology, was queen of Aethiopia and wife of king Cepheus. She was arrogant and vain, characteristics that led to her downfall. Her name in Greek is , ""Kassiope""; other variants are , ""Kassiopeia"" and , ""Kassiepeia"". Some sources describe Cassiopeia as the daughter of Coronus and Zeuxo but Nonnus calls her a nymph. While according to Stephanus, she was called Iope, the daughter of Aeolus, from whom the town of Joppa derived its name. Cassiopeia boasted that she and her daughter Andromeda were more beautiful than all"
"production of the opera in 2018 . Among other performances, the opera received a production at the Rossini in Wildbad festival in 2013 . The Nubian King Agorante, who is infatuated with Zoraide, has defeated her father, Ircano and captured her. Ricciardo, a Christian knight and Zoraide's lover, accompanies an emissary to plead for her release. Agorante's jealous wife, Zomira, arranges the capture of Ricciardo as well and plots to have the young lovers executed to protect her position as Queen. The opera ends with an army of Christian knights rescuing Ricciardo and Zoraide. Ricciardo spares Agorante's life. Notes Sources"
"to the Rocks"" is unusual in showing her alone, fearfully awaiting the monster. The Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino composed an hour-long operatic drama called ""Perseo e Andromeda"" in 2000. Attribution Andromeda (mythology) In Greek mythology, Andromeda (; Greek: Ἀνδρομέδα, ""Androméda"" or Ἀνδρομέδη, ""Andromédē"") is the daughter of the Aethiopian king Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia's hubris leads her to boast that Andromeda is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends the sea monster Cetus to ravage Andromeda as divine punishment. Andromeda is chained to a rock as a sacrifice to sate the monster, but is saved from death"
"most demanding in operatic repertoire. In the preceding scene, Prince Tamino was shown a portrait of the Queen's daughter Pamina and fell instantly in love with her, singing of his feelings in the aria ""Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön"". The Queen then makes a dramatic entrance, preceded by the Three Ladies calling to Tamino ""Sie kommt! Sie kommt!"" (""[Here] she comes!""). The grand entrance music for the Queen is in B-flat, marked ""Allegro maestoso"", with the following stage direction: Not all modern productions adhere to this prescription. In the aria, the Queen first quiets Tamino's fears and attempts to befriend"
"Theonoe (daughter of Proteus) In Greek mythology, Theonoe (Ancient Greek: Θεονόη) was a character In Euripides' play ""Helen"", who is the daughter to the Egyptian king Proteus, and sister of Theoclymenus the current king of Egypt. Her name means ""divine wisdom"" coming from ""theós"" 'god' and ""nóos"" or ""noûs"" 'mind'. According to Euripides' telling, Paris only abducted a phantom of the title heroine from her husband Menelaus and the real Helen was taken to Egypt by the gods, where Proteus attempted to marry her, but she would not consent. Theonoe didn't want her brother to marry Helen against the latter's"