Activities with Coretta Scott King Award
Winners
Activities by Nancy Polette © 2002
AIDA
told by Leontyne Price. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.
Harcourt Brace, 1990.
1991 Winner
| Aida is a princess, captured and brought to Egypt as a slave. A tragic love affir sees both Aida and the man she loves put to death. | |
| ABOUT THE OPERA, AIDA | |
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Activity: Giuseppe Verdi wrote the music for the opera and when a man
named Prospero Bertani went to listen to Aida at Reggio Emilia, Italy he
was not satisfied with it. He wrote Verdi asking to be reimbursed for
expenses. Do you think Verdi should pay the man who did not like his
opera. Give reasons he should and should not.
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A Karaoke Book Report (Sung to the Grand March from the Opera, Aida) |
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A tale, told of a brave princess of Etheopia Captured as a slave Servant to Egypt's Queen Oh, the poor girl. And then, the girl she fell in love She loved a captain bold And he loved her, too Loved her, too Love so true, Oh, the poor man Oh, it was jealousy, yes, it was jealousy Led to betrayal and a trial, too. Yes, Death was the sad fate they met Imprisoned in the vault Jealousy at fault. Sad ending Bad ending Of this old tale. |