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Giuseppe Verdi’s magnificent opera, Aida, has its world premiere in Cairo, Egypt
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- 24 Dec 1871
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01wikipedia,Guiseppe Verdi, [online] Available at: en.wikipedia.org [Accessed 14 December 2009]
- 02Auguste Mariette to Paul Draneht (General Manager of the Cairo Opera House), Paris, 28 September 1871. (Translated and annotated ), Busch (1978), pp. 224”“225.
- 03Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Giuseppe Verdi’s magnificent opera, Aida, has its world premiere in Cairo, Egypt. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011041
South African History Online (2011) 'Giuseppe Verdi’s magnificent opera, Aida, has its world premiere in Cairo, Egypt', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011041 (Accessed: 9 August 2026).
South African History Online, Giuseppe Verdi’s magnificent opera, Aida, has its world premiere in Cairo, Egypt [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011041, (accessed 9 August 2026).
"Giuseppe Verdi’s magnificent opera, Aida, has its world premiere in Cairo, Egypt." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011041. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Giuseppe Verdi’s magnificent opera, Aida, has its world premiere in Cairo, Egypt." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011041.
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