故事发生在古埃及法老王时代，埃及与埃塞俄比亚之间爆发了战争。埃及王的将军拉达梅斯带领军队出征，面对埃塞俄比亚国王阿姆纳斯洛的军队。埃及王的女儿，阿姆涅丽斯公主（露易丝·麦斯威尔 Lois Maxwell 饰），暗恋拉达梅斯。拉达梅斯的心却被埃塞俄比亚国王的女儿阿依达（索菲娅·罗兰 Sophia Loren 饰）所吸引，而不是阿姆涅丽斯令人惊讶的是，阿依达是埃塞俄比亚国王的女儿，意外地成为了埃及的一名奴隶。 在一场胜利后，欢庆场面中，阿依达认出了自己的父亲，他伪装成士兵。这导致了一个复杂的局面，埃塞俄比亚国王和公主在败阵下来，而埃及国王和公主正忙于准备婚礼。拉达梅斯面临困境，一方面不愿与埃及公主结婚，另一方面担心阿依达公主的安危。最终，为了防止两国长期敌对，以及为了坚守自己的真爱，拉达梅斯做出了放走阿依达和她的父亲的艰难决定。

故事发生在古埃及的法老王时代，彼时埃及和埃塞尔比亚之间正在进行一场非常激烈的战争，埃及王派出了手下大将拉达梅斯（Aprile Millo 饰）迎战埃塞俄比亚国王阿姆纳斯洛。埃及公主阿姆涅丽斯默默爱慕着拉达梅斯，可是拉达梅斯的心上人是一位名叫阿依达（朵萝拉·扎吉克 Dolora Zajick 饰）的女奴。 实际上，阿依达的真实身份是埃塞俄比亚国王的私生女，阿姆纳斯洛战败后，乔装打扮成为了普通士兵，阿依达在俘虏的队伍中认出了父亲的脸。阿依达向拉达梅斯求助，此时的拉达梅斯被国王指婚，即将和埃及公主成亲，面对心上人楚楚可怜的求助，拉达梅斯决定将自己的生死置之度外。

故事发生在古埃及的法老王时代，当时埃及和埃塞俄比亚之间正进行着一场激烈的战争。埃及王派遣手下大将拉达梅斯（阿普里尔·米洛饰）迎战埃塞俄比亚国王阿姆纳斯洛。埃及公主阿姆涅丽斯暗自爱慕着拉达梅斯，然而拉达梅斯心仪的是一位名叫阿依达（朵萝拉·扎吉克饰）的女奴。 实际上，阿依达的真实身份是埃塞俄比亚国王的私生女。阿姆纳斯洛战败后，乔装成普通士兵，阿依达在俘虏队伍中认出了父亲。阿依达向拉达梅斯求助，此时拉达梅斯已被国王指婚，即将与埃及公主成婚。面对心上人楚楚可怜的求助，拉达梅斯决定将自己的生死置之度外。

古埃及法老王时代，东非大陆的埃及和埃塞俄比亚战事又起，埃及王手下战将拉达梅斯率部出征，迎战埃塞俄比亚国王阿摩纳斯洛。此时，埃及王女儿安奈瑞斯公主爱恋着拉达梅斯，而拉达梅斯的心上人却是安奈瑞斯的女奴阿依达。看出端倪的安奈瑞斯对女奴阿依达充满了疑虑，而这位“女奴”正是埃塞俄比亚国王的女儿。拉达梅斯率埃及军队胜利归来，盛大的欢庆场面映衬着凯旋广场上武士们列队凯旋的喜悦。阿依达却在被拉达梅斯所虏的战俘中发现了自己的父亲——伪装成士兵的埃塞俄比亚国王阿摩纳斯洛。为免两国长期交恶，除了阿依达父女，埃及王将埃塞俄比亚其余战俘一概释放。……

This Italian film version of Verdi's opera stars Sophia Loren on the screen, with Renata Tebaldi providing the vocals.

一位努比亚公主被埃及队长拉达梅斯（Radames）俘虏。不久后，他爱上了这位公主，并将她从繁重的劳役生活中解救出来，转而把她送给埃及公主安奈莉丝（Amneris）当侍女，而安奈莉丝正是他未来的新娘。该剧由埃尔顿·约翰（Elton John）制作。

这个国际故事始于二战，终于21世纪一场情感澎湃的家庭团聚。其中，家族秘密、谎言、激烈的戏剧性冲突以及几代人的当代历史缓缓展开。伊扎克（Izak）于1945年出生在贝尔根 - 贝尔森（Bergen - Belsen）难民营，随后被送往以色列收养。他生母的秘密细节、在加拿大的一位素未谋面的兄弟以及他父亲......

With its cast of hundreds, thrilling score, and sweeping tale of love and heroics in ancient Egypt, Verdi’s Aida has long been a fixture on the stages of every major opera house in the world. For the 2018 revival of Sonja Frisell’s monumental production of this grand masterpiece, the Met assembled a truly all-star cast. Soprano Anna Netrebko takes on the title role for the first time at the Met, and mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili plays her rival, the conniving princess Amneris. Tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko is Radamès, the warrior that both women love, and Quinn Kelsey lends his robust baritone to Aida’s father, the fallen king Amonasro. Maestro Nicola Luisotti is on the podium to conduct this epic performance, filmed as part of the Met’s series of Live in HD cinema transmissions.

'Aida Returns' is a poignant, sometimes sad, sometimes painful, sometimes humorous, often absurd story of a multiple journey: the journey of loss as the director’s mother Aida struggled with losing herself to Alzheimer’s disease, but finding solace in her repeated “returning” to the Yafa and Palestine of her youth; the journey of the loss of a parent; and the ultimate return journey back to Yafa where Aida would finally find rest and be herself once more. Close to four years after Aida’s passing away, the director’s friend and colleague Tanya who lives in Ramallah came to visit Beirut. When she heard about Aida’s wishes and yearning for Yafa, Tanya suggested that she herself carries the ashes back. The film accompanies director Carol Mansour as she engineers a way to return her mother to Yafa in search of eternal rest and peace for her. A return that is aided by an unlikely set of friends and strangers all coming together to facilitate what should have been a simple journey. This journey is at the same time very private and personal, while resonating with hundreds of thousands of Alzheimer’s sufferers and their families as well as hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees awaiting their return home. 'Aida Returns' is a tribute to the lost past of the director’s family, an attempt to restore part of both an individual and a collective memory, and a poetic nod and affirmation to all those exiled Palestinians forbidden from returning to their hometowns, even after death.