Aida by Leontyne Price Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Aida
Book Review: A masterpiece that brings back memories
Summary: 5 Stars
I was only about 10 or 11 when my PATS class was studying the arts. I was given this book as a gift, and brought it to the class. The teacher then got the information from my book to buy it for herself. To this very day I have an appreciation for the arts, and especially Aida. Even though I cannot find my book, I still have the cover, and the memories. The tale is beautifully written, and the exceptional artwork in my opinion should be enlarged and framed. I recommend this beautiful book as a teaching tool for young students.Book Review: Aida
Summary: 5 Stars
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.Book Review: Aida
Summary: 4 Stars
It was a excellent story. I remember Moses was tested to qualify to
be the Prince of Egypt. He was to take Ethiopea for Egypt in Secularity.
He passed, the Ethiopians and Moses came into Egypt laughing and
brought gifts for the Pharoah.
I have one complaint, their hair was silky.
I found a earlier version played by Sophia Loren. The Egyptian was
white skinned also with silky hair. I will be making portraits
correcting the hair and skin. I enjoyed the book.
Book Review: Aida
Summary: 5 Stars
I used the superlative illustrations, mounted on a large folding display board, to accompany a report on the opera Aida.Book Review: Not too impressed...
Summary: 2 Stars
WARNING WARNING...do not expect too much from this book if you are a fan of Elton John's Broadway musical and not the actual opera. I found this book in the library shortly after seeing the traveling version of the new "Aida" (it was AWESOME) and, while the book does have gorgeous pictures and the story is told from the point of view of someone who practically lives in Aida's shoes, I was disappointed with the overall story. It was completely unlike the show I saw. I realize that the opera and the Broadway show are totally different. However, I found this book to be confusing and was unimpressed by the sloppy style of the writing...loved the musical, though!!
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