1st December

Concert will begin at 23:30 hours GMT

Met's encore stream: Verdi's 'Aida' with Price, Cossotto and McCracken from New York

Verdi's 'Aida' is an opera in four acts to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. The Egyptians have captured and enslaved Aida, an Ethiopian princess. An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the Pharaoh. To complicate the story further, the Pharaoh's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings.

Performers: Leontyne Price, Fiorenza Cossotto, James McCracken, Simon Estes.

Metropolitan Opera Choir and Orchestra. Conductor: James Levine.

Recorded 3 January 1985.