Nightly Met Opera Streams: Viewers’ Choice: Verdi’s Aida

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This was one of the most emotional evenings in Met history—the night Leontyne Price bid farewell to opera. Aida is the role that inspired audiences around the world to acclaim her as the greatest Verdi soprano of her time. And this telecast shows why: the famous soaring phrases that seemed to never end, the shimmering top to her lustrous voice, undimmed by the years. But most of all, there is the ennobling heart and soul Price lavished on every performance—captured here forever. With James Levine conducting the Met orchestra, chorus, and ballet.

 

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Family Circle (*Gold): Carolyn and Gioacchino Balducci*, Paulette and Sanford Balsam, Arlene Bujese and Marcel Bally*, Joanne Canary*, Bonnie and Bob Cooperman*, Ann and George Davis, James A. Fox and Martin B. Rapp, Francine Gluckman, Marsha Kranes, Robert F. Luckey, Joan and Walter Marter*, Marjorie A. Ogilvie, Marcia Previti and Peter Gumpel*, Cornelia and Lawrence Randolph*, Nancy and Murray Skurnik, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Steffan*, and Jane Wood.

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