AIDA (excerpts): Susan Dunn, Giuseppe Giacomini, Dolora Zajick, Siegmund Nimsgern/Richard Buckley

Highlights from a 1988 broadcast of Verdi's AIDA. (Audio is a bit weak for the first minute or so.) Aida: Susan Dunn Radamès: Giuseppe Giacomini Amneris: Dolora Zajick Amonasro: Siegmund Nimsgern Ramfis: Bonaldo Giaiotti King of Egypt: Jan Galla Messenger: Donn Cook Priestess: Rosa Vento Lyric Opera Chicago Conductor: Richard Buckley ACT ONE Celeste Aida 2:10 Amneris' entrance… Trio 5:25 Ritorna vincitor! 15:05 ACT TWO Silenzio!… Fu la sorte dell'armi 26:15 Triumphal Scene 37:00 ACT THREE Qui Radames verra… O patria mia 50:45 Ciel! Mio padre 57:08 Pur ti riveggo 1:05:20 ACT FOUR L' aborrita rivale 1:17:56 La fatal pietra 1:35:20 … O terra addio 1:41:02