Aida: Black Dog Opera Library (Book & Audio CD)

Classic performance. Great book and heavily packaged

Its nice to know whats going on in an opera

Did not come with CD's.

Pristine​..........

I have every one of the Black Dog Operas after finding them to be really good recordings at a great price! You can spend $40-$50 on another version of Aida but all Black Dog sets have famous and superb singers, the libretto so you can follow along and very interesting written details about the opera, the composer and the singers. The pictures and drawings round out a well thought out product! At $15, this is a bargain and a set that anyone can afford to explore the wonderful world of operas!

Wow. This Black Dog Library production of Aida is superb. The 144 page hard cover book includes two CDs with stunning performances by Biigit Nilsson (Aida) and Franco Corelli (Radames). Zubin Mehta conducted the orchestra.Written by David Foil who clearly knows his subject, the book illuminates a subject that is dark and confusing to many individuals. In this publication, Foil explains the circumstances under which Giuseppe Verdi accepted the commission to write Aida. He follows through with clear details on the scope of the production and its place in the pantheon of grand opera, comparing and contrasting with Wagner and Meyerbeer.This package contains the complete opera on two CDs; the complete libretto in both Italian and English and critical historical commentary. Last, but not least, there are dozens of photographs that bring the words and music to life.

My five stars are for the performance and the book. All opera recordings should come in this format. But the cd copies are bad and will be short-lived, they easily loose their coating.

I bought this as my first piece from the Black Dog Library in preparation for seeing the Vancouver BC Operas production in 2002. Black Dog Library is a must for everyone going to see an opera. Get this, listen to it, fall in love with the music and then see this opera live if you ever get the chance. This is opera at its best. After seeing the production live, I can't wait to see it again. And by listening to the cd's I can bring it right back to my mind and my heart.Bravo Giuseppe, Bravo......

Not had chance to listen to yet but very pleased I have this item as have been collecting black dog operas for a while. Arrived in time mentioned. Thank you.

Good value item with complete libretto and description of the plot etc.. We found the soprano to have rather a piercing voice on the high notes, which dominated too much.

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