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| Aida, on opera set in Ancient Egypt |
Napoleon's adventure into Egypt was a major step of European imperialism in the world and the looted Egyptian trophies he brought back to Paris fueled up tremendous interest in the exotic. This trend, known as Orientalism, flourished in the Romantic Era. People were no longer satisfied with the Graeco-Roman mythology that started in Renaissance Europe. There was a whole exotic world out there to explore, both in geographical and historical themes. Even the Renaissance itself became an exotic escape into the past. In the middle of this lavish operaric set enters the Tenor, a great manly voice devoid of artifice, A manly voice that is light and quick and deadly. A voice that sings of love or of revenge, of conquest or remorse, It was an emotional voice, a manly voice that could also be soft and sentimental. It was a voice about the heart and not about technique and artsy ornamentation!
Celeste Aida is one of the most famous tenor audience. The love of an Egyprian general for a common slave-girl (who used ro be a princess in Ethiopia). Oh oh...my mate has sounded the lights off, so with no further intoduction, let me post at least one tenor aria before I check in!
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