Five First Nights
4/5. Two years after the opening of the Suez Canal, Verdi's Aida, set in ancient Egypt, was premiered at the Cairo Opera House in 1871. Donald Macleod presents excerpts from the opera. Repeated from Thursday at 12 noon
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Five First Nights
4/5. Two years after the opening of the Suez Canal, Verdi's Aida, set in ancient Egypt, was premiered at the Cairo Opera House in 1871. Donald Macleod presents excerpts from the opera. Repeated from Thursday at 12 noon
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