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Aida (or Aïda, Italian:) is a tragic opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 December 1871, in a performance conducted by Giovanni Bottesini.
Aida (also known as Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida) is a musical based on the opera of the same name written by Antonio Ghislanzoni with music by Giuseppe Verdi.It has music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang, and was originally produced by Hyperion Theatricals.
Aida El-Kashef is a feminist [2] Egyptian filmmaker and actress. Her acting credits include Ship of Theseus and Walad w Bent. She has also directed the short films A Tin Tale and Rhapsody in Autumn. [3] El-Kashef was involved in the protests at Tahrir Square, where she filmed the events of the Arab Spring as they unfolded.
Aida is an Egyptian name. Normally it would be Aita. But that name would be too harsh, and the singers would irresistibly soften it to Aida." [2] It may be derived from a name recorded on the Rosetta Stone. [2] Unrelated to this origin, the Italian meaning for Aida is "Happy". [3] "Aida" is also sometimes traced to other African languages.
Ptah is one of the deities mentioned in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida. He is invoked in a chorus, "Possente Fthà" ("O Mighty Ptah"), in Act 1, scene 2; this chorus is reprised as "Immenso Fthà" ("Immense Ptah"), at the end of the opera as the protagonists Aida and Radamès die. 5011 Ptah is an asteroid named after the Egyptian god.
Ismail planned a grander exhibition for his new theatre. After months of delay due to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, Verdi's new opera, Aida (set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt), received its world premiere at the Khedivial Opera House on 24 December 1871. In the early morning hours of 28 October 1971, the opera house burned to the ground.
The result was the famous opera, Aida, with its heroic quality, powerful dramatic scenes and its passionate music. Because of delays caused by the Franco-Prussian war, the sets and costumes for the premiere of Aida could not be transported from Paris in time, and in 1869 the Opera House opened instead with Verdi 's Rigoletto , one of Verdi's ...
She is known for her many Egyptian patriotic songs. [2] El-Ayoubi completed three albums before going into a career hiatus following the birth of her first child. She is known in Egypt for her patriotic and romantic music, lyrics, and her voice. She is best known for her hit song "A'ala Baly" which appeared on her first album.