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Subject Area: Music
Topic: Opera and Liberty

Scene V - Giuseppe Verdi, Aida by Antonio Ghislanzoni, music by Giuseppe Verdi [1871]

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Aida by Antonio Ghislanzoni, music by Giuseppe Verdi, edited with an introduction by W.J. Henderson (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1911).

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Scene V

(Enter Amneris from the temple, then Ramphis, priests, guards, as above.)

amneris

Traitor!

aïda

My rival!

amonasro

(Rushing toward Amneris with a dagger.)

Thou comest to mar my plans! Die, then!

rhadames

(Interposing.)

Nay, strike not, madman!

amonasro

O fury!

ramphis

Guards, advance there!

rhadames

(To Aïda and Amonasro.)

This instant! Fly!

amonasro

(Dragging Aida away.)

Come thou, my daughter!

rhadames

(To the guards.)

Quickly! Follow them!

rhadames

(To Ramphis.)

Holy priest, to thee I yield.

end of the third act

ACT IV