By: Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Patrick Baton (Opéra Royal de Wallonie)
Featuring: Bianca Margean (soprano, Romanian National Opera, Bucharest), Kristian Benedikt (tenor, New York Metropolitan Opera), Marta Matalon (mezzo-soprano, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre), Atlan Karp (bass, Estonian National Opera), Markus Hollop (bass, Grand Théâtre de Genève, and singers of Lyric Opera Choir 

Aida is a four-act opera by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi to a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Since its creation in 1886, the opera has been staged over a thousand times. 

Against the backdrop of the glorious conquests of the ancient Egyptian Empire, a love story unfolds between Radames, the commander of the conquering army, and Aida, the daughter of the vanquished Ethiopian king, an enslaved captive at the Egyptian court. This love turns out to be stronger than the promise of glory and power, stronger than loyalty to the motherland, and even, in a sense, stronger than death.