"Aida" has long epitomized opera at its most extravagant -- think sweeping sets, luxurious costumes and even real-live horses ...

The Met’s new production of “Aida,” which runs through May, is directed by Michael Mayer and features projections that evoke ancient Egypt, dancing that suggests hieroglyphics, and a ...

Set in the time of Ancient Egypt, Aida is the exciting and passionate tale of a captured Nubian princess who falls in love with her conqueror, the Egyptian captain, Radames. Aida becomes the ...

Verdi’s monumental tragedy of forbidden love in ancient Egypt. Aida is an Ethiopian princess held captive in Egypt, and in love with the Egyptian General, Radamès. When Radamès is chosen to ...

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

Set in the time of Ancient Egypt, Aida is the exciting and passionate tale of a captured Nubian princess who falls in love with her conqueror, the Egyptian captain, Radames. Aida becomes the ...

The issue of cultural appropriation remains a hot topic in opera. Is it still PC to have Puccini’s Madama Butterfly set in Japan or his Turandot in China? And what is to be done with Verdi’s Aida, a ...

You know you’re in trouble when a grand new production of Verdi’s “Aida” only catches fire midway through the second act, after the “Triumphal March”—when Amonasro shows up.

Aida has long epitomized opera at its most extravagant—think sweeping sets, luxurious costumes, and even real-live horses—an experience intended to ...

At the Royal Ballet and Opera, the issue is doubled. Gone are the pyramids and Tutankamun call-backs and in comes sets (by ...

Robert Carsen’s abstract revival of Verdi’s opera feels like a work-in-progress of a dauntingly all-too-topical show ...