In her last scene, this character sings the duet "La fatal pietra" with her lover, whom she wished would triumph in her aria "Ritorna vincitor.
Anja Harteros (AHN-yah har-TAIR-ose) sang this role in an acclaimed recording conducted by Antonio Pappano that won the 2016 Gramophone Award for opera. One of this character's arias climaxes on a sustained high C marked dolce and pianissimo followed by senza aāfrettare (SEN-zah ah-fret-TAH-ray) falling sixteenth-note thirds into the words "non ti vedro, non ti vedro mai piu." A 1985 televised performance of this role at the Met marked the farewell to the stage of Leontyne Price, who also sang it in 1960, becoming the 送rst African American to sing a leading role at La Scala. In her last scene, this character sings the duet "La fatal pietra" with her lover, whom she wished would triumph in her aria "Ritorna vincitor." This daughter of Amonasro sings the aria "O patria mia," and is entombed alive with her Egyptian lover Radames. For 10 points, name this title character of a Giuseppe Verdi opera, an Ethiopian princess.
Anja Harteros (AHN-yah har-TAIR-ose) sang this role in an acclaimed recording conducted by Antonio Pappano that won the 2016 Gramophone Award for opera.
Aida