Thanks to his dedication to music as the main storytelling device, the opera stands out with its direct, raw emotionality and with the many instances, in which characters reveal themselves to the audience via melody much more than with words. While composing Aida, Giuseppe Verdi was determined to break with operatic convention wherever possible. The three leads stir a moving and emotional narrative, which Verdi's inspired, dramatic score punctuates splendidly. Giuseppe Verdi leading the opera orchestra to the first representation of Aida in Paris in 1880 Carry-All Pouch by Italian School. We all know that Verdi was an Italian patriot and that his name was used to say discreetly that they wanted Vittorio Emanuele Re D'Italia. The costumes was black or golden or camouflage. Hieratic and flamboyant, spectacular and introspective, Verdi's masterpiece returns to the Paris Opera after an absence of more than half a century. Mixed Feelings GIUSEPPE PENNISI reviews the new Opéra de Paris production of Aida On 18 February 2021, after seeing and listening to the new Opéra de Paris production of Verdis Aida, I was left with mixed feelings. The triangle is completed by Amneris, the King's daughter, who suffers from her unrequited love for Radamès. So Opera Bastille and Marcelo Alvarez as Radames in Verdi's AIDA. Description New production Commissioned to celebrate concord between the nations, Aida is essentially about conflict. The military commander Radamès sees his loyalties tested as his love for Aida, the kidnapped and enslaved Ehtiopian princess, starts clashing with his allegiance to the King of Egypt. The plot of Aida revolves around a love triangle. Aida now comes to the Gran Teatro La Fenice in its glorious final form. As the premiere approached, the Franco-Prussian War blocked the costumes and set designs in Paris for 11 months, forcing a delay which Verdi used to make musical changes. Giuseppe Verdi had crafted it painstakingly over two years, working very closely with his librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni to let the music take the lead in telling the intricate, exciting story. Radames is chosen to lead the war with Ethiopia by the king and Aida is left to choose between her lover or her father and her country. The princess of Ethiopia (Aida) falls in love with the Egyptian General (Radames) and he is also besotted by her. Even before it had its premiere at the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo on 24 December 1871, Aida was already somewhat legendary. Verdi brings the ancient Egypt on stage with evolving love story at the backdrop of war.