[Met Performance] CID:279110



Aida
Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, January 3, 1985 Telecast





Aida (899)
Giuseppe Verdi | Antonio Ghislanzoni
Aida
Leontyne Price [Last performance]

Radam?s
James McCracken

Amneris
Fiorenza Cossotto

Amonasro
Simon Estes

Ramfis
John Macurdy

King
Dimitri Kavrakos

Messenger
Robert Nagy

Priestess
Therese Brandson

Dance
Sam Cardea

Dance
Joseph Carman

Dance
Gary Cordial

Dance
Ricardo Costa

Dance
Kimberly Graves

Dance
Naomi Marritt

Dance
Virgil Pearson-Smith

Dance
Ellen Rievman

Dance
Christopher Stocker

Dance
Fredrick Wodin


Conductor
James Levine


TV Director
Brian Large





*Note: Leontyne Price's costumes were designed by Lawrence Casey.
Telecast: Live From The Met
This performance was billed as Price's "farewell to opera". Though the soprano returned to sing a concert, 3/24/85, the occasion marked her final performance in a complete role.
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