Aida
by Leontyne Price
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Author: Leontyne PriceIllustrator: Leo & Diane Dillon
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-10-15
ISBN: 0152015469
Number of pages: 32
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Voyager Books
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- ISBN13: 9780152015466
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Book Reviews of Aida
Book Review: The story behind the opera
Summary: 4 Stars
For young lovers of music (I mean adolescents) this is a book that tells how Aida and Radames came to the point where their love took precedence over how a slave and general should be. I always thought the opera lacked a back story, but Leontyne Price (a great Aida) provides one for us. Something that she needed as an actress as well as a singer to create her character in this piece by Verdi. We are lucky to have her insight into this opera so we can appreciate not just the music but the deep conflicting emotions behind the music.
Summary of Aida
With depth and understanding, acclaimed diva Leontyne Price retells this famous opera about the beautiful princess of Ethiopia. "The Dillons magnificently capture the drama with powerful full-page illustrations that resemble stage sets. . . . Ideal for reading aloud during an Egyptian unit, in music classes, to children attending the opera, or for the pure aesthetic experience."--BooklistThere's no voice like that of opera singer Leontyne Price, and in this retelling of Aida, published in paperback for the first time, we discover that her writer's voice is equally moving. This tale of the Ethiopian princess-turned-slave, her soldier lover, and their inevitable tragedy is a favorite of Price, who reveals her feeling of sisterhood with the doomed Aida in the book's afterword. Price brings just enough distance to this story of love, jealousy, war, envy, and suicide to temper her passion. Telling the tale of Aida, one of the world's most famous--and tragic--operas, in appropriate language and tone is a task to which Price is more than equal.
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