Aida

Aida

Music | Jan. 3, 1985

This was one of the most emotional evenings in Met history—the night Leontyne Price bid farewell to opera. Aida is the role that inspired audiences around the world to acclaim her as the greatest Verdi soprano of her time. And this telecast shows why: the famous soaring phrases that seemed to never end, the shimmering top to her lustrous voice, undimmed by the years. But most of all, there is the ennobling heart and soul Price lavished on every performance—captured here forever. With James Levine conducting the Met orchestra, chorus, and ballet.

Aida

Music | Jan. 3, 1985

Aida
This was one of the most emotional evenings in Met history—the night Leontyne Price bid farewell to opera. Aida is the role that inspired audiences around the world to acclaim her as the greatest Verdi soprano of her time. And this telecast shows why: the famous soaring phrases that seemed to never end, the shimmering top to her lustrous voice, undimmed by the years. But most of all, there is the ennobling heart and soul Price lavished on every performance—captured here forever. With James Levine conducting the Met orchestra, chorus, and ballet.
Producers
Original title Aida
Directors Bruce Donnelly, Brian Large
Writers Antonio Ghislanzoni

Cast

Leontyne Price

as Aida

Dimitri Kavrakos

as The King

Fiorenza Cossotto

as Amneris

James McCracken

as Radamès

Simon Estes

as Amonasro

John Macurdy

as Ramfis

Robert Nagy

as A Messenger

Therese Brandson

as A Priestess