[Giuseppe Verdi] Celeste Aida

from Act I of the Italian opera Aïda by Giuseppe Verdi

Libretto: Antonio Ghislanzoni

Role: Radamès, an officer in the Egyptian army

Voice Part: tenor       

Fach: dramatic tenor/heldentenor

Setting: A hall in the Palace of the Kings at Memphis.

Synopsis: Rumors of an impending war with Ethiopia have been circulating. Radamès has just been told by Ramfis that Isis has named a new, young man to command the Egyptian Army. Radamès wishes it were he so he could free Aida.

[The Aria Database]