"O terra, addio" - Aida (1989)

[@jazmyn0549]

These last few moments are among the most beautiful in all opera. Simply gorgeous.

[@allenjones3130]

One of the greatest operatic finales ever written, and Millo, Domingo and Zajick sing it magnificently.

[@Dylonely_9274]

Without any doubt.

[@voceangelo]

All three: Domingo, Millo and Zajick, are so committted to their characters, they totally made this come to life. Zajick could barely get out those last "Pace"'s and was holding back near noticable sobs. My voice teacher was in the audience and said there wasn't a dry eye in the house. As it is, I can barely keep myself from getting emotional watching this! Fabulous singing from Millo, Domingo and Zajick. Just incredible.

[@armandssurins3364]

0:00 reminiszenza from 1.Act (chorus), 0:44 ( 0:46 ) thema, Aida, 1:56 ( 1:58 ) Radames, 3:00 chorus, 3:28 thema in duo, con Amneris: "Pace!", 5:03 thema, violini ppp

[@CraigFrancisSoto]

What an absolutely ravishing pianissimo Millo sings at 1:43 in this wonderful Verdi piece. In my opinion,opera composition does not get any better than this. Mille grazie Maestro Verdi. Che bellissima !

[@jmballestra7607]

Un magnifique final du chef - d 'oeuvre de Verdi !! Interprétation admirable !!! Domingo sans doute un des plus grands ténors du siècle !!!!

[@02elikat]

Still in tears. Absolutely stunning.

[@eliselancrain44]

Fabulous control. Her high notes sent me to heaven. Wow!❤

[@Ephany12]

this is ny far the best aida i have ever seen in 50 yeas of going to the opera

[@eliselancrain44]

I totally agree!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Hako2004]

Fantastic...bravo Verdi and bravo to the amazing cast.

[@estkall]

This will make a stone weep 😭 👏👏👏👏👏❤️

[@Oscamber]

Indeed

[@Giovannilinverno]

An inspired Domingo, a tremendously beautiful and sensitive Millo and the gorgeous dark sound of Zajcek made one of Verdi's masterpieces into a performance that will stay engraved in my mind forever. I envy the people who watched it live, because they witnessed history being made.

[@MrJim195]

Total agreement. The best rendition of this scene I can find on the internet, for that note, the great staging, and despite the overeager crowd.

[@eliselancrain44]

Goosebumps...Millo so amazing control.❤

[@ininacsot]

superbe,merci

[@Dylonely_9274]

Gorgeous.

[@gcmacyman]

What an amazing aria to end one of my favorite arias. Beautifully sung by Aprille and Placido. Pace, Pace, Pace...

[@shirleyrombough8173]

And the great Zajik.

[@gcmacyman]

@@shirleyrombough8173 Yes ! My mistake for not mentioning her incredible voice !

[@shirleyrombough8173]

It's easy to forget the great performances of those in secondary roles, such as those of the baritones and mezzo sopranos. But she was great wasn't she?

[@gcmacyman]

@@shirleyrombough8173 She was and her voice so wonderfully suited for the Verdi operas. Very rich sound to her voice. My favorite recording is with Placido, Leontyne Price and Grace Bumbry was Amneris. Absolutely beautiful. Aida is a wonderful opera.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

@@gcmacyman I would love to hear Leontyne Price and Grace Bumbry singing Aida and Amneris. Great casting that would be.

[@uppityglivestockian]

I have this on DVD and cherish it. As @Suzanne laments, so do I. I fear for the state of opera these days. Why the opera houses have let in vandals to stage productions, I'll never understand. They don't have to be Zeffirelli-esque but for heaven's sake, kick out Calixto Bieito before he savages opera to death. Mil gracias por compartir.

[@josegarciacarrasco4526]

El último acto es lo que me hace llorar y morirme que bonito por favor,es lo más bonito del mundo,que nunca muera la ópera y la zarzuela

[@judycadana]

my god, your heart stops at 1:42--- stunning. and by reports i am reading of her recital yesterday, she still sounds good.

[@madamvaudelune3298]

When my darling comes to wake me up, will God. give us voices to sing this ? He went to sleep this month. He was 73. I miss him so.

[@CraigFrancisSoto]

Aprile millo is such a wonderful and versatile soprano. Che bellissima voce. Brava Mille ,Domingo e Zajick !

[@jorgealbertojoselettera4829]

Aprile Millo es una Aída maravillosa. Bravísima!!!!

[@jmballestra7607]

Un final magnifique , magistralement interprété !!!! Aïda est pour moi l'un des trois plus beaux opéras de Verdi !!!!

[@sieglindesullivan186]

lie down.... try not to cry... cry a lot...

[@Girlscriptwriter]

T_______T

[@esterbruno8604]

Che finale commovente 😢 E con tali cantanti, le lacrime sono assicurate 💖😿

[@capedcamish]

I'm not weeping on the subway on my ride home. YOU'RE weeping on the subway on your ride home.

[@castanhatropicana]

I'm literally weeping on the subway on my ride home (I live in São Paulo city, Brazil).

[@nadahadzi6615]

AIDA AND RADAMÈS Oh earth, farewell; farewell, vale of tears... dream of joy which in sorrow faded. For us heaven opens and our wandering souls fly to the light of eternal day.

[@laurabellisoprano]

Que piano! DIOSAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

[@fruitsveggies629]

That Piano is killing me

[@DPell774]

This is amazing. I remember seeing this last season and at the end you could hear a pin drop for a good 5 seconds after the orchestra stopped

[@frankmaiorana66]

I had a VCR tape of this production. Dolora Zajick absolutely stole the show in this performance. In the judgement scene, her combination of rage and grief was outstanding. Sherrill Milnes was Amonasro in this and he sounded like he was having a difficult time of it.

[@suzannestearns6279]

Why can't we have this kind of performance today?

[@afrog2666]

You need to discover a theatre ;)

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Because artists of this caliber no longer exist. Except for Zajick. She is the last of the greats.

[@kkongpob2407]

ทั้งเศร้า และสวยงามในเวลาเดียวกัน 🥺💞

[@anthonela1]

Bravo Aprile. Bravo Dolora. Bravissimas!

[@shirleyrombough8173]

And bravissimo caro Placido.

[@moniquegazzo5569]

sublime ...

[@aa4285]

On Novemeber 6th, 2009 I will be at the MET hearing and seeing AIDA with Dolora Zajick. Can't wait!!!

[@matthewwinters5430]

Did you enjoy?

[@DPell774]

When I saw this back last friday there was a good pause between the last note and the applause

[@RyanonBasss]

Just flat out amazing.

[@eastfiftyseven]

I never heard her Aida in the house but this recorde version is so gorgeous. I went to her concert and first time I heard her since Ballos back in mid 90s with Pavarotti.. The beautiful velvet sound, the impeccable legato and phrasing all still intact.. voice is not as agile or gleaming at top as it once was and alas there was no pianissimo but she still was fabulous. Let's hope she comes back to the Met again in these next years.

[@SopranoLeggero]

OMG!Amazing!

[@DPell774]

I saw this production three times and every time there was no issue with the audience clapping over the fade out

[@richie6377]

Bawling my eyes out

[@alaindupont6742]

Superb. Domingo at his best.

[@SandrineAnterrion]

Loves it...

[@LouGrabowski]

Wunderbar

[@kumadapoohsuke]

pity, pretty Amneris! I love Dolora's beautiful voice !!

[@shirleyrombough8173]

Would it have killed Radames to have married Amneris?

[@thornolie]

millo and zajick....what a pair. If angels in heaven sang opera, this is what they would sound like!

[@JJLaPonselle]

@nickfox2 You're so right (and if you're the same Nick Fox that I know from the CSL 2007 than I know you're hilarious too) I'd like to believe they couldn't help themselves at all (which tends to happen whenever Millo sings anything; spontaneous screaming in the audience and cries of ecstasy) When I saw her at Lincoln Centre last year it was the same thing - people were losing their minds because there isn't anything that compares to her. This whole production is pretty great.

[@LanzaLover2]

There's only one word for this video: EXQUISITE!

[@coppiainiqua470]

Aprile Millo...The last dinosaur, at least within the soprano realm, of the era when the whole (body / bone) resonance flourished. Addio to the old (old?) Italian (Menocchi) school of singing. What is left is to sit at the opera house with a somewhat good acoustics and "prey" for the voice that is "penetrating" through the orchestra

[@horcruxfinder1]

I swear audience members are told upon entering the Met: 'Don't worry your part is very simple: sit down and be quiet until the curtain falls, then you can cheer and go home!'

[@JJLaPonselle]

@nickfox2 I completely agree. I thought the tepid, obligatory clapping was only a feature at the COC, but evidently it plagues even the best houses. Ideally, there should have been an awe-inspired silence, while everyone choked on their emotion and savoured and absorbed those last shimmering notes and THEN spontaneous, heartfelt applause. It's a shame.

[@Jan96106]

Verdi forever.

[@theshinjiheart]

so beutiful T_T

[@Tsaravitch]

I thought this 1989 Televised performance was supurb.

[@PungiFungi]

Zajick gave the most moving performance of Amneris. All others will be compared to hers.

[@ЛюбовьЯсакова-с5б]

Дякую !

[@yoshiyyachben-moshe6890]

목숨을 건 아이다의 사랑 아니 목숨을 바친 사랑 정말... 라다메스가 반역죄로 사형 선고를 받고 지하 무덤 감옥에 갇혀 죽게 되어 있는데 연인의 죽음을 함께 하려 미리 감옥에 들어와 기다리는 사랑이라니... 이 장면은 아이다의 피날레인 동시에 백미라 아니할 수 밖에 없다. 사랑의 결정체가 바로 이런 것일 것이다. 이 무덤 감옥은 베르디에게 아이다를 작곡하게 한 동기부여요 소재가 된 장면이기도 하여 가슴이 뭉쿨해 온다! 이집트의 고대의 한 무덤 속에 한쌍의 부둥켜 안은 시신이 발견된 기사를 보고 감동 받아 스웨즈 운하 개통 기념 오페라를 의뢰 받은 베르디에게 고민을 한꺼번에 해결 해주었고 명작 아이다가 탄생하도록 하였다 한다. 라다메스역의 도밍고와 에어프릴 밀로의 두엣 송 오테라 아띠오... 귀한 음악이다.

[@shc6615]

오 한국댓글 반가워요

[@shc6615]

Truly sad moment starts at 5:00

[@lredmon]

..If you can find a film copy of Mario Lanza, Dorothy Kirstin, with Blanche Thibom as Amneris, ...then..you will have reached the Zenith of Aida..and earn a gold star from me.

[@frankmaiorana66]

@enriquecross267 Oh yeah Millo had an outstanding performance. Obviously it is one person's opinion. I just liked Zajick's show of emotion. But Millo had a great performance. No question about that.

[@NOONE-cd4gu]

I came here because of the book Phantom Of The Opera ! Wasnt Aida supposed to be wearing the wedding dress??

[@TheOfficialMafia.]

Verdi- oh earth goodbye

[@Dylonely_9274]

0:42

[@skbnvacaville]

Hmmm. Wouldn't have noticed it if you hadn't pointed that out. Thank you vs "Picky, picky, picky!" I can understand an entire audience just doing what comes natural and the applause doesn't bother me either (as JJ points out). It's all good.

[@JJLaPonselle]

@nickfox2 You got it!

[@jmccracken1963]

@Ephany12 Actually, the studio recording made for Sony Classical in 1990, with Millo, Zajick, Domingo, Morris, and Ramey, with Levine conducting, is MUCH better than this performance. And - aside from Simon Estes being wholly inadequate for the role of Amonasro and some facial over-emoting on Price's part in the Act II finale - so is the 1985 telecast of AIDA which served as Leontyne Price's farewell to the operatic stage.

[@Keith_Petersen_Actor]

I guess if no one else is gonna talk about it, I don't care how good Millo sounds. This. Is. Not. Ok.

[@onigbajamo]

The black face?

[@jmccracken1963]

@Ephany12 I have to disagree with you. I watched this performance when it was shown on TV in 1989, and both Milnes and Burchaladze are in downright POOR voice throughout - and the ballets looked CHEAP compared to previous Met productions. Millo has her moments, both positive and negative. Domingo and Zajick are both, indeed, outstanding, and so is Levine's conducting, but I felt that Zeffirelli's production was inferior to BOTH of the Met's previous efforts (Merrill's and Dexter's).

[@akex519]

it was 1989.....they couldn’t get a Black actor to play Aida, the Black character??

[@onigbajamo]

...or not put a white singer in black face.

[@owenboi66]

Bringing the curtain down at that point probably didn't help!

[@ci7446]

you know there's a recording of Parsifal probably taped in the early 1990s and I was astounded that the audience here didn't applaud until the curtain fell and the music stopped. so rare for a Met audience

[@lredmon]

.......WINGS.......ahem...(wink)..

[@silvanatittoni1460]

Mi

[@onigbajamo]

Not the greatest cast to have sung this, but they all come together pretty well.