Editing Aida (section)

==Setting==
[[File:Aida poster colors fixed.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|Poster for a 1908 production in Cleveland, showing the triumphal scene in act 2, scene&nbsp;2]]
The libretto does not specify a precise time period, so it is difficult to place the opera more specifically than the [[Old Kingdom]].<ref name=met>{{cite web|url=http://archive.operainfo.org/broadcast/operaBackground.cgi?id=33&language=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030503145932/http://archive.operainfo.org/broadcast/operaBackground.cgi?id=33&language=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2003-05-03 |title=Aida and Ancient Egyptian History on the Met Opera website }}</ref> For the first production, Mariette went to great efforts to make the sets and costumes authentic.{{sfn|Weisgall|1999}} Considering the consistent artistic styles throughout the 3000-year history of ancient Egypt, a given production does not particularly need to choose a specific time period within the larger frame of ancient Egyptian history.<ref name="met" />