Original version(s)

• premiered in El Cairo, Egypt, December 24, 1871

 

FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• quoted in RDNZL Palermo, 1982 (Video Omen) on The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle 21.12.2014 (2014), performed in Palermo, July 14

 

Tour(s) on which song is known to have been performed (main source: FZShows, v. 7.1)

• October-December, 1980 (North America)—known performances: 1; known quotations: 7
• August-September, 1981 (rehearsals)—known quotations: 1
• May-July, 1982 (Europe)—known quotations: 3
• February-March, 1988 (North America)—known performances: 1
• April-June, 1988 (Europe)—known performances: 1

 

Comments

A partial list of "Aïda" quotes, compiled by Charles Ulrich

11/28/80 (early) Chicago (stand-alone)
11/29/80 (late) Chicago (Heavy Duty Judy)
11/30/80 Des Moines (Dead Girls Of London)
12/2/80 Fort Collins (City Of Tiny Lights)
8/5/81 rehearsal (stand-alone)
6/19/82 London (King Kong)
7/5/82 Genoa (Pound For A Brown)
7/7/82 Milan (soundcheck)
7/9/82 Rome (soundcheck, RDNZL)
7/12/82 Naples (soundcheck: RDNZL)
7/14/82 Palermo (RDNZL)
2/10/88 Washington (classical medley)
6/7/88 Rome (stand-alone)

Any more?

 

Conceptual Continuity

Reader's Digest No Unwanted Melodies

• Aida (Act II, Scene 2)
• Lohengrin (Act III, Prelude)
• Carmen
• 1812 Overture
• There Goes My Baby