Duet of Aida and Amneris (Aida)

Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Genre
Duet
Composed
1871

History of the work

Fu la sorte dell'armi, the Act II duet. Amneris tests Aida by telling her that Radames has fallen in battle, watches her betray herself, and then reveals that he lives — the moment the two women become rivals in the open.

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