【2CD】 【New, Unopened】 【Original Italian Cetra Edition】 【Released in 1997】 Verdi: Opera "Aida" (Complete) Mary Curtis-Verna (Aida) Franco Corelli (Radames) Miriam Pirazzini (Amneris) Giulio Neri (Ramfis) Gian Giacomo Guelfi (Amnero) Antonio Zerbini (King of Egypt) Atos Cesarini (Messenger) Angelo Questa (Conductor) Orchestra and Chorus of the Italian National Radio, Turin December 18, 1956, Turin (Monaural Recording) Mary Curtis-Verna, an international opera soprano who spent 20 years as Head of the Voice Department in the University of Washington School of Music, died Dec. 4. She was 88. A native of Massachusetts, she studied at Hollins College in Virginia and The Julliard School before moving to Italy. There she studied with Ettore Verna, whom she later married. Verdi: Aida Questa / Turin Rai F. Corelli Guelfi Neri Pirazzini