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How many curtain calls did the performers make at the premiere of Verdi??s opera Aida?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Premiering Christmas 1871 (after being postponed because the sets and costumes could not be shipped from Paris as the Prussian army had seized the French capital) Aida and Verdi recieved 32 curtain calls and he was presented with an ivory baton inlaid with precious stones.