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Description:
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Opera in IV Acts
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Notes:
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From the play by Scribe and Legouve
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Time
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1730
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Place:
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Paris
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Premiere Date:
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November 26, 1902
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Premiere Location:
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Milan. Teatro
Lirico
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Adriana Lecouvreur
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Soprano
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L
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Maurizio
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Tenor
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L
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Michonnet
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Baritone
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L
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Princesse
De Bouillon
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Mezzo Soprano
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L
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Prince
De Bouillon
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Bass
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F
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L’Abate
De Chazeuil
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Tenor
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F
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Quinault
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Bass
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S
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Poisson
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Tenor
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S
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Mlle.
Jouvenot
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Soprano
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S
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Mlle.
Dangeville
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Mezzo Soprano
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S
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Major-Domo
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Tenor
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B
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Opera:
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Africaine
L’
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African
Maid, The |
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Orig. Language:
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French
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Composer
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G. Meyerbeer
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Librettist
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Eugène Scribe
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Description:
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Opera in V Acts
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Notes:
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Time:
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Early 16th Century
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Place:
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Lisbon; On a ship at sea; India.
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Premiere Date:
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April 28, 1865,( Posthumous) Mayerbeer died,
May 2, 1864
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Premiere Location:
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Paris. Grand
Opera
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Selika
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Soprano
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L
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Ines, daughter of Don Diego
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Soprano
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L
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Vasco Da Gama, officer in Portuguese-Navy
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Tenor
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L
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Nelusko, a slave
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Baritone
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L
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Don Pedro, President of the Royal Council
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Bass
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L
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Don Alvar, Member of the Council
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Tenor
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F
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Don Diego, Member of the Council
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Bass
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S
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Grand Inquisitor
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Bass
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S
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High Priest of Brahma
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Baritone
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S
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Anna, Ines’s attendant
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Mezzo Soprano
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S
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Chorus of Sailors
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Tenors I, II
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CB
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Basses I, II
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CB
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Usher
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Tenor
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CB
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Priest
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Tenor
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CB
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Minimum Chorus:
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48
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Chorus of 8 Bishops – Act I
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Opera:
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AGRIPPINA |
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Orig.
Language:
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Italian |
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Composer
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George
Frideric Handel |
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Librettist
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V. Grimani |
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Description:
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Opera in III
Acts |
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Notes:
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Time
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1st Century
AD |
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Place:
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Rome |
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Premiere
Date:
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December 26,
1709 |
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Premiere
Location:
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Venice,
Teatro S. Giovanni Crisostomo |
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Role
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Voice
Part
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Classification
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Claudio |
Bass |
L |
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Agrippina |
Soprano |
L |
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Nerone |
Soprano |
L |
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Poppea |
Soprano |
L |
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Ottone |
Alto |
L |
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Pallante |
Bass |
F |
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Narciso |
Alto |
F |
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Lesbo |
Bass |
F |
| Guinone |
Alto |
S |
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Minimum
Chorus:
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No
Chorus
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Description:
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Opera in II Acts.
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Notes:
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Time:
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1193-1184 B.C. (after the Trojan War)
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Place:
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Egypt
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Premiere Date:
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June 6, 1928
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Premiere Location:
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Dresden
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Helena, wife of Menelaus
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Soprano
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L
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Menelaus
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Tenor
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L
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Aithra, daughter of Egyptian King; sorceress
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Soprano
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L
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Altair, chieftain of the desert
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Baritone
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F
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Da-Ud, his son
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Tenor
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S
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First Servant, of Aithra
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Soprano
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S
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Second Servant, of Aithra
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Mezzo Soprano
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S
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The Omniscient Sea-Shell
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Contralto
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B
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1.
Elf
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Soprano
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S
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2.
Elf
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Soprano
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S
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3.
Elf
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Contralto
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S
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Hermione, daughter of Menelaus & Helena
(child)
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Soprano
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B
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Minimum Chorus:
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15-18
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Depending upon the use of basses who sing
only 8 bars and may be cut
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Opera:
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Aida
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Orig. Language:
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Italian
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Composer:
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Verdi
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Librettist:
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Antonio Ghislanzoni
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Description:
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Opera in IV Acts, & 7 Scenes
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Notes:
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From the French prose of Camille du Locle.
Plot by Mariette Bey.
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Time
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Epoch of the Pharaohs
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Place:
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Memphis and Thebes
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Premiere Date:
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December 24, 1871
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Premiere Location:
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Cairo (Opera House)
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Aida, Ethiopian princess, slave of Amneris
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Soprano
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L
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Amneris, Daughter of the King of Egypt
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Mezzo Soprano
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L
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Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, father of Aida
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Baritone
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L
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Radames, Captain of the Egyptian Guard
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Tenor
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L
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Ramphis, High Priest of Egypt
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Bass
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F
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King of Egypt
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Bass
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S
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A Priestess (Celestial Voice)
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Soprano
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S
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A Messenger
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Tenor
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B
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