Prologue

Soundtrack: Aida (complete libretto)

Prologue Song Lyrics

THE MUSEUM

Lights up on the Egyptian wing of a Modern Art Museum. A contemporary crowd,
chic and beautifully dressed, is gathered around various artifacts, all
under glass: a small boat, a model of a soldier with a bow and arrow, a
mannequin of AMNERIS, ancient female Pharaoh of Egypt. The crowd moves
appreciatively around the exhibits. In the center of the room, also behind
glass, is a mysterious object - an ancient burial chamber, a tomb. A man and
a woman also dressed in the fashions of today approach the tomb from
different sides. They are both drawn to it. They circle it, intrigued as if
they have seen it before. The man is RADAMES; the woman is AIDA. In a
musical moment, they look up. Their eyes meet and all the action in the room
freezes as AMNERIS, wearing a royal headdress, emerges from the glass
encasement. As she sings, the cast of the modern museumgoers leaves the
stage.

Track Listing

›Prologue

›EVERY STORY

›A SLAVE BARGE

›FORTUNE FAVORS THE BRAVE

›RADAMES' QUARTERS

›THE PAST IS ANOTHER LAND

›THE PHARAOH'S PRIVATE BANQUET ROOM

›FORTUNE FAVORS THE BRAVE (Reprise)

›ENCHANTMENT PASSING THROUGH

›AMNERIS' DRESSING ROOM

›STRONGEST SUIT (Reprise)

›THE NUBIAN SLAVE CAMP

›DANCE OF THE ROBE

›THE NILE'S EDGE

›ELABORATE LIVES

›THE GOD'S LOVE NUBIA

›THE WAR ROOM OF THE PALACE

›LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON

›RADAMES' LETTER

›RADAMES' GARDEN

›WRITTEN IN THE STARS

›I KNOW THE TRUTH

›AMNERIS' DRESSING ROOM

›THE ROYAL WEDDING

›THE DOCKS

›THE JUDGEMENT HALL

›ELABORATE LIVES (Reprise)

›THE INTERIOR OF THE TOMB

›ENCHANTMENT PASSING THROUGH (Reprise)

›EVERY STORY (Reprise)

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