Aida is the star. Soprano Rowley did not disappoint. Here we have a musician with a luminous vocal instrument, a versatile ...

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 ...

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, ...

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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 ...

One of the most popular operatic works performed in Egypt, Verdi's Aida, is currently on stage at the Cairo Opera House Opera Aida opened on Monday at the Cairo Opera House's Main Hall and will run ...

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 ...