Can only agree that this has been one of Soltis best works... I have the LP only.... Wonderful and the solist are all very good! Sexy Leontyne with sexy Vickers and Gorr ......! THANK U FOR THIS GREAT POST
One of Solti's finest recorded achievements; everything sounds so "right" in this entire recording, and the cast has never been surpassed. Kudos to the sound engineers, too; this is one of early stereo's triumphs, with marvelous spatial achievements. I even hear the distances on YouTube!
By Giuseppe Verdi (libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni).
Including "O tu che sei d'Osiride" and "Qui Radamès verrà!".
See PART II of this video elsewhere on You Tube. This 1962 studio recording is with Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus, with conductor Georg Solti.
Can only agree that this has been one of Soltis best works... I have the LP only.... Wonderful and the solist are all very good! Sexy Leontyne with sexy Vickers and Gorr ......! THANK U FOR THIS GREAT POST
Heraopera 3 years ago
One of Solti's finest recorded achievements; everything sounds so "right" in this entire recording, and the cast has never been surpassed. Kudos to the sound engineers, too; this is one of early stereo's triumphs, with marvelous spatial achievements. I even hear the distances on YouTube!
billyguns2 3 years ago
Atmospheric, lush, and suspenseful. In my opinion, the best recording of AIDA.
Thanks, Patrick for posting scenes from this.
ktpj 3 years ago
By Giuseppe Verdi (libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni).
Including "O tu che sei d'Osiride" and "Qui Radamès verrà!".
See PART II of this video elsewhere on You Tube. This 1962 studio recording is with Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus, with conductor Georg Solti.
Principal cast:
Leontyne Price, soprano: Aida
Jon Vickers, tenor: Radamès
Rita Gorr, mezzo-soprano: Amneris
Robert Merrill, baritone: Amonasro
Giorgio Tozzi, bass: Ramfis
Plinio Clabassi, bass: The King
patrick96321 3 years ago