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Premiered in Cairo 150 years ago, set in an exoticised ancient Egypt and written by a man who refused to visit the country for fear of ‘being mummified’, the beloved opera has left a complex legacy in ...

Verdi’s Aida has, for more than a century, held a reputation as the definitive grandiose opera spectacle, fit with camels and elephants (no animals at the Lyric though, only a cast of marvelous human ...

A scene from Act 2 of the Metropolitan Opera's Aida production The Met retains the pseudo-realistic sets and costumes from 1987. The show looks like an Italian opera representation of Egypt in the ...

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 ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Despite the promise of his name, Italian citizen Prospero Bertani was ...

When Leah Crocetto talks about the title role of Verdi’s “Aida,” it’s as if she’s describing a summit, a mountaintop that only Olympians aspire to climb. “I still can’t believe it,” Crocetto remarked ...