Aida/Tear Jerker

"Aida: So a life of great potential is dismissed, inconsequential? Amneris: But I'm only ever seen as being "cute". So I'll flutter to deceive- Aida: No, you must believe that one day you're bound to find Both: A stronger suit."
 * Aida and Amneris's Dark Reprise of "My Strongest Suit":

"Mereb: There is time, there is a place when love should conquer all. The rest of life is pushed aside as truth and reason fall. But, only if that selfishness can lead to something good. I thought I knew you, Princess, but I never understood. I don't know you...I don't know you...""
 * Mereb's Dark Reprise of "How I Know You".


 * "Written in the Stars"
 * And the song immediately after that, "I Know the Truth". After the lovers have departed, Amneris walks out, revealing that she's heard everything and finally facing the fact that her upcoming marriage is a sham--"it's over, it never began"--all the while still getting ready for her wedding. She doesn't even need to tell us how devastated she is by all of this, it's evident in her stunned expression and her body language. It's an utterly heart-breaking moment for someone who hasn't really done anything wrong except be oblivious to the fact that Radames doesn't love her.
 * And even more so, "Enchantment Passing Through (Reprise)", as
 * Amneris' speech to her father as he.
 * Watching my high school production, I was cut up to see.