The second opera of the Met's radio broadcast season is Verdi's Aida, set in ancient Egypt. The title character is an enslaved Ethiopian princess caught in a romantic triangle with the heroic Radames and the Egyptian princess, Amneris.
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Verdi's Aida
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Liudmyla Monastyrska as the title character and Olga Borodina as Amneris in Verdi's "Aida."
photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera. / Liudmyla Monastyrska as the title character and Olga Borodina as Amneris in Verdi's "Aida."
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A scene from the Metropolitan Opera's production of Aida
Marty Sohl, Metropolitan Opera / A scene from the Metropolitan Opera's production of Aida
