Get a first listen to the beginning of Act One, where Verdi gives Radamès (sung here by Lyric favorite Russell Thomas) one of the most challenging and iconic tenor arias in the repertoire — "Celeste ...

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 ...

TIJUANATIJUANA — From Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” to Verdi’s “Aida,” arias rang out Saturday on an unlikely stage — on the streets of Tijuana’s Colonia Libertad neighborhood near the U.S. border. “It’s ...

Aida, the operatic equivalent of a widescreen, adventure-romance film, owes a large part of its lasting popularity to big scenery and volume. The second act Triumphal March, staged with or without ...

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 ...

In cash-strapped times, Giuseppe Verdi’s “Aida” isn’t the obvious choice to begin Connecticut Opera’s new season. Expectations ride high in the grand opera that is often accompanied with Cecil B.

The Cape Town Opera’s production of Giuseppe Verdi’s classic opera Aida, now on at the Artscape Theatre until 31 May, receives a dramatic, modern spin, even as it stays faithful to the music and story ...

Grand opera is seldom as grand as “Aida.” When it comes to lavish spectacle befitting a royal pageant and full-throated emotional outpourings, few operas pack the wallop of Giuseppe Verdi’s romantic ...

For years great divas have smeared their ample bodies with cocoa-colored grease paint or pancake make-up to sing Aïda, Giuseppe Verdi’s Ethiopian princess. This week, an Aïda didn’t have to bother. In ...

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 ...

In the case of Canadian director Robert Carsen's new Aida at Covent Garden, the answers have left me rather confused: He was trying to move the action of the opera from ancient Egypt to a modern ...