In what’s become her signature role – the American soprano has sung Aida a hundred times previously – her searingly expressive, silvery tone and complete inhabiting of the character brought the doomed ...
Set in wartime in ancient Egypt, it gives directors and designers a wonderful opportunity to create massive sets and extravagant costumes, while the plot combining love, jealousy and violence lets the ...
VERDI'S grandest opera, Aida, is famous for the triumphal procession that has tested the ingenuity of directors ever since the Verona Arena Festival introduced live elephants in the 1950s. No opera ...
Richard Fairman explores Verdi's creative process, Sir Mark Elder reflects on Verdi's masterpiece, plus we give a guide to the greatest recordings We have been writing about classical music for our ...
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 ...
Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Aida is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in ...
Terrance McKnight: This is Every Voice with Terrance McKnight on WQXR. It’s a radio special that looks at the representations of blackness in Verdi’s opera Aida. Growing up I played two instruments, ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Verdi's timeless Aida returns to the Wortham stage in a new production directed by ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Opera Maine will present an original production of Verdi’s Aida at Merrill ...
To clear up any lingering confusion, the "Aida" with music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice that is playing at the Orpheum Theatre is not exactly the "Aida" by Giuseppe Verdi that was performed at ...
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In what’s become her signature role – the American soprano has sung Aida a hundred times previously – her searingly expressive, silvery tone and complete inhabiting of the character brought the doomed ...