Libretto
Antonio Ghislanzoni
after a scenario by Auguste Mariette and
a French prose vesion by Camille du Locle
Premiere
24 December 1871, Cairo (Opera House)
Cast
THE KING (bass)
AMNERIS (mezzo-soprano)
AIDA (soprano)
RADAMÈS (tenor)
RAMFIS (bass)
AMONASRO (baritone)
HIGH PRIESTESS (soprano)
MESSENGER (tenor)
CHORUS
priests, priestesses, ministers, captains, soldiers, functionaries,
slaves and Ethiopian prisoners, Wgyptian people
Place
Time
In the time of the Pharaohs