In "Aida," the grandiose and the intimate converge as in few other operas: the bloody confrontation between Ethiopians and Egyptians is juxtaposed by the love of Radames, Captaiin of the Egyptian Guard, for Aida, a slave of the Ethiopians. Their love is more powerful than the hatred between the two peoples, theirr social differenced, and incompatible perspectives. This love was as solid as the wall which blocked its consummation.

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