Original: Aida ( ; sometimes spelled AÃ da ; from , , an Arabic female name meaning '' visitor '' or '' returning '' ) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni , based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette .
Simplified: The opera , which is divided into four acts is based on a story written by a French Egyptologist called Auguste Mariette . The librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni wrote the words for Verdi to set to music .