Verdi: Aida
Birgit Nilsson (Aida), Pier Miranda Ferraro (Radamès), Giulietta Simionato (Amneris), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramfis), Cornell MacNeil (Amonasro), Agostino Ferrin (Il Re di Egitto)
Teatro alla Scala, Nino Sanzogno
[Nilsson] is in generally good voice but is outmatched by Simionato, who is on excellent form, especially in the Judgement Scene, her tone even from top to bottom as she makes a last plea for...
Verdi: Aida
Birgit Nilsson (Aida), Pier Miranda Ferraro (Radamès), Giulietta Simionato (Amneris), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramfis), Cornell MacNeil (Amonasro), Agostino Ferrin (Il Re di Egitto)
Teatro alla Scala, Nino Sanzogno
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[Nilsson] is in generally good voice but is outmatched by Simionato, who is on excellent form, especially in the Judgement Scene, her tone even from top to bottom as she makes a last plea for...
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This performance was recorded in La Scala, Milan on 21st April 1960.
Contents and tracklist
- Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Pier Miranda Ferraro (tenor), Giulietta Simionato (mezzo-soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Agostino Ferrin (bass), Piero de Palma (tenor), Cornell MacNeil (baritone)
- Teatro alla Scala, Coro del Teatro alla Scala
- Nino Sanzogno
Act II Scene 1: Ebben, qual nuovo fremito t'assal, gentil Aida? (Amneris, Aida, Chorus)
Track length5:49
Act II Scene 2: Che veggo! … Egli? … Mio padre! (Aida, Chorus, Amneris, Amonasro, King)
Track length1:59
Awards and reviews
December 2011
[Nilsson] is in generally good voice but is outmatched by Simionato, who is on excellent form, especially in the Judgement Scene, her tone even from top to bottom as she makes a last plea for Radames's love...Sanzogno upholds the tensions which seems to pervade so much of Aida. Not every scene, however, is on a grand scale, and Sanzogno realizes the intimacy of many duets.
