Verdi's Aida was first performed in Cairo #OTD in 1871.

Here's a performance from the Met in 1950, conducted by Emil Cooper, with Ljuba Welitsch, Margaret Harshaw, Ramon Vinay, Robert Merrill and Jerome Hines:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKmO_1ESYEY

@classicalmusic #Verdi #Aida #Welitsch #Harshaw #Vinay