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.
Statements (47)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Radamès