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In later years, it turned out that Mariette had possibly taken the idea from a rather little-known libretto by the late Opera seria master Metastasio, which could well have been known to the Orientalist Mariette. Verdi was very much taken with the idea and decided to set the work to music, which was very unusual, as he had in the past based his librettos on solid basic literature (Byron, Schiller, Voltaire, Dumas, Scribe…). He found the support of the archaeologist Edouard Mariette, who ensured the authenticity and developed the idea of the plot. Of course, Verdi was not motivated by all the money, but it was Camille du Locle, the theater director of the Opéra comique and librettist, who subsequently sent Verdi textual and pictorial sketches. But the Franco-Prussian War thwarted all this, because the set produced in Paris was blocked and the performance had to be postponed for a year. At the same time, authentic stage materials and costumes were produced under the supervision of Mariette. Verdi had little time for the composition of the opera, the delivery date was 1871. The longer he worked on it, the more enthusiastic he became, until finally, together with Otello, it became perhaps his greatest work. Verdi then, to turn the request down, named an outrageously large sum of money, which was accepted to his surprise.

He wanted to retire, but was asked by the Viceroy of Egypt to write an opera for the opening of the Cairo Opera House. Verdi was almost sixty years old when he wrote Aida.

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Unis dès la plus tendre enfance (Iphigenia).Madamina, il catalogo, Catalogue Aria (Don Giovanni).

Je dis que rien ne m’epouvante (Carmen).Glück, das mir verblieb (Die tote Stadt).Dies Bildnis ist wunderschön (Zauberflöte).Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (Land des Lächelns).