Verdi is having a run of bad luck. He has to revise for an exam on the history of music just when he is suffering from ...

Aida’s father, Amonasro, the king of Ethiopia, put Aida up to wheedling that information out of the Egyptian general, and has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One attraction of the new Aida was Saioa Hernández, a Spanish soprano rarely seen in American productions, in the title role.

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 ...

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, ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Opera Maine will present an original production of Verdi’s Aida at Merrill ...

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 ...