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Article: Arts: Verdi's triumphant masterpiece.(Features)
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- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
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- May 24, 2000
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NOT many grand operas have an historical Ulster connection. But Aida has.
Possibly.
For many scholars argue Aida was commissioned by the Khedive of Egypt to be performed in the Italian Theatre in Cairo in late 1871. They ...
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Article: Egypt stages opera ``Aida'' in bid to regain world ...
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... ... AP Online 10-14-1998 GIZA, Egypt (AP) _ To the gentle notes of a violin, the opera ``Aida'' has opened in the desert behind Egypt's pyramids. In a bid to regain ... a Shirley Bassey concert, ``Aida'' is the third show to be staged ...
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