Celeste Aida

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"Celeste Aida" is a famous tenor aria from Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Aida," in which the warrior Radamès expresses his love and idealized vision of the Ethiopian princess Aida.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf tenor aria
addresseeCharacter Aida NERFINISHED
addresseeRole Ethiopian princess
associatedComposer Giuseppe Verdi NERFINISHED
belongsToRepertoire standard operatic repertoire
standard tenor repertoire
characterVoiceType tenor
commonPerformancePractice often sung with a more heroic ending than written
composer Giuseppe Verdi NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Italy
dramaticContext Radamès expresses his love and idealized vision of Aida
dramaticFunction character introduction
love declaration
endingFeature soft high B-flat marked morendo
firstPerformerVoiceType tenor
key B-flat major
language Italian
librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni NERFINISHED
musicalDifficulty technically demanding tenor aria
openingWords Celeste Aida, forma divina
operaAct Act I
operaGenre Italian grand opera
operaNumber No. 1
originalLanguageTitle Celeste Aida NERFINISHED
partOfOpera Aida NERFINISHED
popularWith opera audiences
tenors
premiereCity Cairo NERFINISHED
premiereCountry Egypt NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1871-12-24
premiereOpera Aida NERFINISHED
premierePlace Khedivial Opera House, Cairo NERFINISHED
publisher Casa Ricordi NERFINISHED
recordedBy Enrico Caruso NERFINISHED
Franco Corelli NERFINISHED
Jonas Kaufmann NERFINISHED
Luciano Pavarotti NERFINISHED
Plácido Domingo NERFINISHED
setIn ancient Egypt NERFINISHED
style Italian Romantic opera style
sungByCharacter Radamès NERFINISHED
sungByRole Egyptian military commander
timePeriod Romantic era NERFINISHED
translatedTitle Heavenly Aida NERFINISHED
vocalRequirement lyric-spinto tenor
secure high B-flat
workDate 1871

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Radamès in Verdi's "Aida" notableAria Celeste Aida
subject surface form: Radamès