Thread by @benjaminwittes

#YourMusicOfTheDay is from Aida, Act II, Amonasro (sung by the great bass Sherill Milnes) in what I have always suspected is a kind of fictionalization of Caracticus’s apologia in Rome. I post it for Jeremy Corbyn and all who believe war is the worst fate

I will leave to @musicologyman the question of whether my assumption about Amonasro and Caracticus is correct or not.

Here is the libretto, including a translation:

Here is Caracticus’s speech before the emperor and the Roman Senate:

You can, of course, learn every detail of Caracticus’s uniform from Major General Stanley.