1954CLASSICAL/OPERA MUSIC
THE AIDA OPERA BY VERDI
SOPHIA LOREN, LOIS MAXWELL, LUCIANO DELLA MARRA, AFRO POLI, ANTONIO CASSINELLI, ENRICO FORMICHI.
CLASSIC EGYPTIAN LOVE TRIANGLE HAS VOLUPTUOUS LOREN AS A CAPTURED PRINCESS USED AS A PERSONAL SLAVE BY MAXWELL BOTH LOVING MARRA, CAPTAIN OF THE KING'S GUARD. WHEN HE REBUFFS THE KING'S DAUGHTER, OPTING FOR LOREN, BOTH HE AND LOREN ARE ENTOMBED ALIVE WHILE VOWING THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER. ETHIOPIAN PRINCESS EPIC. DANCE PRODUCTION NUMBER. ROYALTY.
SOPHIA LOREN, LOIS MAXWELL, LUCIANO DELLA MARRA, AFRO POLI, ANTONIO CASSINELLI, ENRICO FORMICHI.
CLASSIC EGYPTIAN LOVE TRIANGLE HAS VOLUPTUOUS LOREN AS A CAPTURED PRINCESS USED AS A PERSONAL SLAVE BY MAXWELL BOTH LOVING MARRA, CAPTAIN OF THE KING'S GUARD. WHEN HE REBUFFS THE KING'S DAUGHTER, OPTING FOR LOREN, BOTH HE AND LOREN ARE ENTOMBED ALIVE WHILE VOWING THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER. ETHIOPIAN PRINCESS EPIC. DANCE PRODUCTION NUMBER. ROYALTY.
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TITLE CARD: "DECEMBER 24TH, 1871" SUPERIMPOSED OVER PAINTED INT OF GRAND OPERA HOUSE, CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON STAGE
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ROCKY CLIFF, PROMONTORY, TRACKING SHOT OF HORSEBACK RIDERS
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"EGYPTIANS" ON HORSEBACK RIDE OVER DESERT HILL TOWARDS CAMERA
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"EGYPTIANS" ON HORSEBACK RIDE AWAY FROM CAMERA IN DESERT
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HORSEBACK RIDERS HEAD TOWARDS CAMERA THROUGH SMALL POND IN DESERT OASIS
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HORSEBACK RIDERS PASS BY PALM TREES
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STAGE SET FOR MEMPHIS, EGYPTIAN CITY, MESSENGERS ON HORSEBACK ENTER CITY
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"EGYPTIAN" GUARDS PATROL WITH SPEARS
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INTERIOR OF EGYPTIAN BUILDING SEATED STATUES, GUARDS WITH SPEARS, ACTORS WITH EGYPTIAN COSTUMES AND HEADDRESSES, CHANGING OF THE GUARDS CEREMONY
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CELESTE AIDA
(lip-sync)
RAMADES CHARACTER PLAYED BY LUCIANO DELLA MARRA LIP SYNCS, ACTUALLY SUNG BY GIUSEPPE CAMPORA
EGYPTIANS PRAYING TO BLACK GODDESS STATUE, RAMADES SEES SOPHIA LOREN AS AIDA IN GARDENS, A "TAN" SOPHIA LOOKS AT HER REFLECTION IN POOL MS OF SOPHIA AS AIDA, AND DELLA MARRA AS RADAMES, "AIDA" RUNS AWAY |
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CHARACTER OF AMNERIS (PLAYED BY LOIS MAXWELL) SINGS TO RADAMES
AMNERIS' PARTS SUNG BY EBE STIGNANI, RADAMES BY GIUSEPPE CAMPORA ACTORS STAND IN FRONT OF CAGED MONKEY |
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SOPHIA LOREN AS AIDA ENTERS EGYPTIAN ROOM WITH MAIDS, RAMADE TURNS AND LOOKS
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LOIS MAXWELL AS AMNERIS STROKES LARGE BLUE FEATHER AND "SINGS", "AIDA, AIDA.."
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SOPHIA LOREN AS AIDA AND LOIS MAXWELL AS AMNERIS
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TRUMPETS BLARE, KING ENTERS ROYAL CHAMBER TO FANFARE
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RITORNA VINCITOR (RETURN VICTORIOUS)
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ROYAL CHAMBER OF EGYPTIAN KING, CAST OF AIDA
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WOMEN AND CHILDREN ATTACKED, CITY BURNS, WAR AND DESTRUCTION, NUBIAN WARRIORS, TROPICAL VILLAGE SET
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RITORNA VINCITOR CONTINUES
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EGYPTIAN KING SITS WITH BLACK AFRICAN GUARDS, SOLDIERS SINGING CHORUS
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CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON SOPHIA LOREN AS AIDA, WORRIED, LEAVES COURT
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LARGE COLUMN LINED HALL, EGYPTIAN DECORATIONS, AIDA (SOPHIA) WANDERS
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FULL SHOT OF SOPHIA LOREN IN FRONT OF HUGE COLUMNS, HIEROGLYPHICS, SOPHIA WANDER AROUND TEMPLE, SITS ON LOUNGE AND SINGS,PRAYS IN FRONT OF ALTAR WITH BURNING FLAME
(SUNG BY RENATA TEBALDI) |
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CU OF BURNING OFFER TO GOD
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HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF TEMPLE, EGYPTIAN DANCERS POSE, CHORUS SINGS, STAIRWAY, BALLET DANCERS PERFORM IN TEMPLE, TOE SHOES, MALE DANCER PERFORMS, EGYPTIAN KING PRESENTS SWORD TO RADAMES, SOLEMN CEREMONY
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END OF ACT 1
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ACT 2, BATTLE SCENE, EGYPTIAN WARRIORS IN CHARIOTS RACE IN DESERT VERSUS ETHIOPIAN WARRIORS WITH SPEARS AND SHIELDS.
ETHIOPIAN VILLAGES DESTROYED AND KING IS BOUND AND HIDES HIS IDENTITY. EGYPTIANS ARE VICTORIOUS |
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AMNERIS LOUNGES AND STROKES BLACK CAT, WAITED ON BY BLACK SERVANTS, BATHED AND DRESSED BY SLAVES
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MALE DANCERS IN BLACK SKIN TIGHT OUTFITS AND BLACKFACE, AFRO WIGS, PERFORM FOR AMNERIS, RACIST SCENE, DRESSED IN DIAPER LIKE OUTFITS
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SOPHIA LOREN, AS AIDA, ENTERS CHAMBER AS BLACK DANCERS LEAVE, PLACES JEWELRY ON LOIS MAXWELL, AS AMNERIS, AND HOLDS UP MIRROR, SOPHIA BREATHES HEAVILY AS PRINCESS TELLS HER THAT RADAMES IS DEAD
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MS OF "BLACK" SOPHIA LOREN AS AIDA LIP SYNCING OPERA VERSE, FALLS TO THE FLOOR
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LOIS MAXWELL AS AMNERIS LIP SYNCS AS MAIDS ENTER HER CHAMBER
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GRAND MARCH
GRAND MARCH FROM AIDA
RETURNING TROOPS MARCH INTO STAGE SET OF MEMPHIS TO CHEERING EGYPTIANS |
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BALLET DANCERS PERFORM TO EGYPTIAN COURT, EGYPTIAN INSPIRED CHOREOGRAPHY, LEAD DANCERS YVETTE CHAUVIRE AND LEONIDE MASSINE
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LUCIANO DELLA MARRA, AS RAMADES, ENTERS CITY OF MEMPHIS. ETHIOPIAN SLAVES INCLUDING THE KING AND AIDA'S FATHER ARE IN BONDAGE.
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EGYPTIAN PHARAOH AND DAUGHTER (AMNERIS) GREET THE RETURNING WARRIORS AT THRONE, DELLA MARRA APPROACHES THRONE AND ASKS FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE ETHIOPIAN PRISONERS
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BLACK ETHIOPIAN SLAVES, PRISONERS ARE DRAGGED INTO THE COURT, WHIPPED BY SOLDIERS, SOPHIA LOREN AS AIDA SEES HER FATHER THE KING (AMONASRO) PLAYED BY THE ITALIAN BARITONE AFRO POLI, AND RUNS TO HIM, AFRICANS IN CHAINS SING CHORUS
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DELLA MARRA AS RADAMES APPROACHES THRONE AND SINGS (SUNG BY GIUSEPPE CAMPORA), AIDA AND FATHER EMBRACE (SOPHIA LOREN AND AFRO POLI)
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EGYPTIAN PRIEST OF RAMFIS SINGS HIS VERDICT AND CAMERA PANS THE CAPTURED AFRICANS
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DELLA MARRA SINGS REPLY (SUNG BY GIUSEPPE CAMPORA) AFRICAN PRISONERS ARE LED OUT BY GUARDS
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PHARAOH OFFERS HIS DAUGHTER AMNERIS PLAYED BY LOIS MAXWELL TO RADAMES (DELLA MARRA) CUT TO DISAPPOINTED LOREN
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PROCESSION OUT OF THRONE ROOM
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PROCESSION OUT OF TEMPLE, EGYPTIAN TEMPLE SET EXT
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PAINTED DESERT SET AT EVENING, PASSING EGYPTIAN BOAT WITH OARS MEN, SLAVES, AND PASSENGERS STANDING, GET OFF BOAT
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SOPHIA LOREN (RENATA TEBALDI)
O PATRIA MIA
(lip-sync)
EGYPTIANS PASS BY AS AIDA (SOPHIA LOREN) SINGS (SUNG BY RENATA TEBALDI)
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AFRO POLI APPROACHES SOPHIA LOREN
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END TAPE
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