1948 / AIDA / Verdi

AIDA – VERDI


Presented on Apr 26, 28, 30 at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin as part of the Dublin Grand Opera Society’s Spring Season


Ruth Packer – Aida
Frank Sale / Henry Wendon[Apr 28] – Radames
Patricia Black – Amneris
Henry Gill – Amonasro
Dermot Browner – Ramfis
Sam Mooney – King
Marjorie Barry / Maura Mooney / Monica Condron – Priestess
Gerald V Mooney – Messenger


Lt-Col J M Doyle – Conductor
Sydney Russell – Producer


Radames (Frank Sale), Aida (Ruth Packer) and Amneris (Patricia Black) during the first act of “Aida” at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin, April 1948
Radames (Frank Sale) borne aloft in triumph during “Aida” at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin, April 1948
Amonasro (Henry Gill) implores Aida (Ruth Packer) as Radames (Frank Sale) observes during the triumphal scene of “Aida” at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin, April 1948