Aida by Leontyne Price
Long-Time Fan
Theres no voice like that of opera singer Leontyne Price, and in this
retelling of Aida, published in paperback for the first time, we discover that
her writers voice is equally moving. This tale of the Ethiopian princess-
turned-slave, her soldier lover, and their inevitable tragedy is a favorite of
Price, who reveals her feeling of sisterhood with the doomed Aida in the
books afterword. Price brings just enough distance to this story of love,
jealousy, war, envy, and suicide to temper her passion. Telling the tale of
Aida, one of the worlds most famous--and tragic--operas, in appropriate
language and tone is a task to which Price is more than equal.
Personal Review: Aida by Leontyne Price
In the romantic book, Aida, Leontyne Price takes you to a new time and
place where your position on the "food chain" doesn't matter. Aida is an
Ethiopian princess whose father, the king, is at war with the Egyptians.
When Aida was on her first trip over the kingdom wall some Egyptian
soldiers kidnapped her without knowing that she was the princess. She
was taken to the king of Egypt and made a slave to the princess of Egypt,
Amneris. One day while Aida was doing her duties she saw the Captain of

the Egyptian army, Radames, and for them both it was love at first sight.
They secretly spent time with each other and spoke of running away to
Ethiopia and getting married so that their lands can forever live in
harmony, only to find out that after a great victory of Radames's that he
was to marry princess Amneris. Aida, feeling betrayed tells Radames, that
if he loves her, then he will run away with her tonight. That was a very hard
decision for him to make because he couldn't bare the thought of never
seeing Aida again but he also didn't want to leave his home land. But in the
end he chose to leave. So when they started to run, someone caught them
and Radames gave himself up but Aida managed to escape. Will
Radames and Aida ever see each other again? Or will Radames die a
horrible death? Read to find out.
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