[Met Performance] CID:16860
Aida {33} Matinee ed. Detroit, Michigan: 03/21/1896.
Detroit, Michigan
March 21, 1896 Matinee
AIDA {33}
Giuseppe Verdi--Antonio Ghislanzoni
Aida....................Lillian Nordica
Radamès.................Giuseppe Russitano
Amneris.................Marie Brema
Amonasro................Giuseppe Kaschmann
Ramfis..................Pol Plançon
King....................Vittorio Arimondi
Messenger...............Roberto Vanni
Priestess...............Mathilde Bauermeister
Conductor...............Enrico Bevignani
[Detroit critics disagreed on who sang the King-one praising Arimondi, the other panning Castelmary. The former had been scheduled, but he may have been replaced at the last minute leaving one reviewer unaware of the change.]