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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 .
The cover art and drawings inside the gatefold cover were drawn by Jack Davis, featuring motorcycles, predominately the Harley-Davidson with a series of drawings for each song on the album. The concept album's songs loosely tell the story of a motorcycle vagrant who apparently bums for a living, meeting a woman and settling down to start a ...
Bronson's motorcycle, a 1969 XLH 900cc Harley-Davidson Sportster, [1] figures in many episodes. In one episode he enters several motorcycle races; in another, he makes an emergency run to fetch a doctor, but in some stories, the motorcycle serves merely as his transportation. The fuel tank is illustrated with the Eye of Providence.
In 2003, Headley married Brian Musso, an investment advisor who briefly played for the New York Jets. [5] Both attended Northwestern University. [6] On December 1, 2009, they welcomed their first child John David. Headley had her second son Jordan Chase August 18, 2014. [7] In April 2019, the couple welcomed a third child, a daughter. [8]
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.
Additionally, two tracks, "A Step Too Far" and "Elaborate Lives", feature the voices of Aida cast-members-to-be Heather Headley and Sherie Rene Scott, who would go on to play Aida and Amneris respectively. The album was certified gold in April 1999 by the RIAA.
A triumphal march is a musical form generally reflecting a triumph, victory or great joy.. Many composers have written a triumphal march, with maybe the best known one being by Italian opera composer, Giuseppe Verdi for his 1871 grand opera, Aida, where, in the second act, Radames leads the Egyptian army on its return following their victory over the Ethiopians.
Aida is a 1953 Italian musical melodrama film version of the opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi. It was directed by Clemente Fracassi and produced by Gregor Rabinovitch and Federico Teti. The screenplay was adapted by Fracassi, Carlo Castelli , Anna Gobbi [ de ] , and Giorgio Salviucci from the libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni .