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.
Leontyne Price
as Aida
Dimitri Kavrakos
as The King
Fiorenza Cossotto
as Amneris
James McCracken
as Radamès
Simon Estes
as Amonasro
John Macurdy
as Ramfis
Robert Nagy
as A Messenger
Therese Brandson
as A Priestess
