Editing Aida (section)

==Roles==
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!Role
![[Voice type]]
!Premiere cast,<br />24 December 1871{{sfn|Budden|1984|p=160}}<br />Cairo<br />[[Conducting|Conductor]]: [[Giovanni Bottesini]]
!European premiere<br />8 February 1872<ref>{{Almanacco|dmy=08-02-1872|match=Aida}}</ref><br />La Scala, Milan<br />Conductor: [[Franco Faccio]]
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|Aida, ''an Ethiopian princess''
|[[soprano]]
|Antonietta Anastasi-Pozzoni
|[[Teresa Stolz]]
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|The King of Egypt
|[[bass (voice type)|bass]]
|Tommaso Costa
|Paride Pavoleri
|-
|{{anchor|Amneris}}Amneris, ''daughter of the Pharaoh''
|[[mezzo-soprano]]
|Eleonora Grossi
|[[Maria Waldmann]]
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|Radamès, ''Captain of the Guard''
|[[tenor]]
|Pietro Mongini
|Giuseppe Fancelli
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|Amonasro, ''King of Ethiopia''
|[[baritone]]
|Francesco Steller
|Francesco Pandolfini
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|Ramfis, ''High Priest''
|bass
|Paolo Medini
|Ormоndo Maini
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|A messenger
|tenor
|Luigi Stecchi-Bottardi
|Luigi Vistarini
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|Voice of the High Priestess<ref>The High Priestess's name was ''Termuthis'' in early documentation.</ref>
|soprano
|Marietta Allievi
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| colspan="4"|''Priests, priestesses, ministers, captains, soldiers, officials, Ethiopians, slaves and prisoners, Egyptians, animals and chorus''
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