Transplanting a tale of ancient Egypt to a modern-day military dictatorship is a difficult and rather dubious task, but ...

In Verdi’s opera, the conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia is the underlying context for a tussle of love between Aida, the prisoner daughter of the Ethiopian King, and Amneris, the daughter of ...

The Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Aida remains a thoroughly traditional show beyond some surface novelties, whereas the Royal Opera’s 2022 production dispenses with Egypt altogether.

Get ready for an evening of laughter at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) with comedian Aida Rodriguez on Saturday, March 1 at 8 PM. Comedian Aida Rodriguez will make you laugh hard and ...

The Live from the MET in HD series continues with the Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Aida” at noon and ... continues with “Fidelio” from March 15 through 19; “The Marriage of ...

A new Metropolitan Opera Live in HD broadcast of Verdi's Aida screens at the Lensic on Saturday, January 25, and is the subject of Pasatiempo's new review-writing contest.

Perhaps their inclusion was Mayer’s weak attempt to make his otherwise utterly traditional, entirely conventional Aida more relevant by attaching itself to opera’s recent struggle with its lon ...

Strong performances by chorus, orchestra and the father-daughter pairing of Amartuvshin Enkhbat and Anna Pirozzi make this ...

"When you look at the history of Grand Opera, you see a lot of operas that are set in exotic locales," he said, citing "Aida" along with "Madama Butterfly," set in Japan, and "Turandot," set in ...

It was Peter Gelb, general manager of New York Metropolitan Opera. The principal tenor singing the role of Radamés in the Met’s new staging of Verdi’s “Aida” was fighting a virus.

Angel Blue, soprano superstar and Los Angeles native, stars in the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Verdi’s Aida, streaming Live in HD to cinemas around the world on Saturday ...

The Metropolitan Opera opened the New Year with its first new staging of Verdi’s Aida in 37 years. Regulars had every right to be trepidatious: A few years ago we witnessed Gounod’s Faust drop the ...