Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. For the first time in more than a decade, Verdi’s romantic and political drama ...

With its brass bludgeon of a triumphal march, its two-story tomb scene and its temple rendezvous, Verdi wrote the book on grand opera when he composed "Aida." It's impossible to get too grand with it.

Robert Carsen’s abstract 2022 production of Verdi’s controversial opera has no trace of its Egyptian setting which brings a schism between staging and score Rule No 1 of Robert Carsen’s Royal Opera ...

At the Opera Maine Gala at Ocean Gateway on April 25, Egyptian influences were everywhere – the décor, the menu, the auction items, the floral arrangements and even guests’ fashion choices. Opera ...

The meatiest Italian-opera roles, such as the slave Aida or the priestess Norma, are so demanding the singers who can master them are rare. But Liudmyla Monastyrska has the elusive combination of ...

Giuseppe Verdi’s “Aida” tempts audiences to succumb to spectacle but draws its enduring power from emotions that burn hotter than any ceremonial bonfire. The opera’s 1871 premiere in Cairo brought 12 ...

Verdi never wastes a note or a moment in propelling the drama or establishing location. Through specific combinations of instruments and musical modes, he evokes the Egyptian atmospheres. Silken ...

The project has been underway for nearly 30 years. It comes to spectacular fruition this weekend. Saturday, the Sarasota Opera premiered "Aida." When when the final curtain closed, the Sarasota Opera ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Some of the company’s productions, like the recently opened “Aida,” require over a hundred additional actors. On opening night, I joined them. Credit...Actors from a variety of ...

Being king of Egypt means keeping up appearances, and boasting the best of everything. Until recently, however, the Nile housekeeping - at least as embodied in the San Francisco Opera's productions of ...