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Image:
6.50" x 10.00"
Mat Border:
2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
12.00" x 15.50"
Opera poster - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi Framed Print
by Moira Risen
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Opera poster - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi framed print by Moira Risen. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
Design Details
Minimalist opera poster of Aida by Guiseppe Verdi - a perfect gift for opera fans.
'Verdi wrote Aida for the inauguration of the Khedivial... more
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Artist's Description
Minimalist opera poster of Aida by Guiseppe Verdi - a perfect gift for opera fans.
'Verdi wrote Aida for the inauguration of the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo, Egypt but eventually it premiered only two years later, in 1871.
It's one of the 'grand operas' and not only in the sense of the musical term. The historical set in the era of the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt; the huge mass scenes; the tragic love triangle of Egyptian princess Amneris, military commander Radames and Ethiopian princess Aida; the dramatic conflicts, war, loyalty and betrayal - everything is like a typical grand movie of the golden age of Hollywood, directed by Cecil B. DeMille. And, of course, grand music from Verdi: beautiful arias, brilliant instrumental parts with an exotic touch and excellent musical characterization.
The sheet music at the bottom of the poster is from Radames' aria 'Celeste Aida'.
This poster is part of my continuously augmented opera-themed poster collection featu...
About Moira Risen
Collections featuring original artwork of illustrator and writer Moira Risen and carefully curated collections of digitally restored and cleaned illustrations from artists of the Golden Age, vintage botanical drawings, advertising posters from the early 1900's, traditional Chinese flower and bird paintings and some selected works of modernist painters. With licensing inquiries or any other questions please contact Moira personally via this email. You find more information about her and her creative projects on her personal website and on her blog. About Moira's artwork: 'I rather label my creations illustrations than classic fine art pieces because almost always there's a story (or at least a fragment of a story...) behind them -...
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