The Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Aida remains a thoroughly traditional ... who loves and who dies. Verdi’s triumph scene becomes a May Day military parade. Radames’s trial is ...
Many see Aida as the grandest of all grand operas. Set by Verdi in the kingdom of ancient Egypt around 2,500 BC, the setting is changed by Carsen into an unspecified military dictatorship in ...
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts. Show more Fom the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Verdi’s monumental tragedy of forbidden love in ancient Egypt. Aida is an Ethiopian princess held captive in ...
At the Royal Ballet and Opera, the issue is doubled. Gone are the pyramids and Tutankamun call-backs and in comes sets (by ...
As Aida, Angel Blue was affecting in her opening aria, but her soprano lacked the ... commanded the stage with the vocal authority of a true Verdi baritone; unfortunately, he has only two scenes.
Aida has long epitomized opera at its most extravagant—think sweeping sets, luxurious costumes, and even real-live horses—an experience intended to ...
The Metropolitan Opera opened the New Year with its first new staging of Verdi’s Aida in 37 years. Regulars had every right to be trepidatious: A few years ago we witnessed Gounod’s Faust drop the ...
Die Musik zeigt den reifen Verdi als melodisches Genie mit einem untrügerischen Gefühl fürs Spektakel. Nicht umsonst gehört "Aida" seit über 150 Jahren zu den beliebtesten Opern überhaupt.
Oper in 4 Akten nach einem Libretto von Antonio Ghislanzoni Aida: Angel Blue Radamès: Piotr Beczala Amneris: Judit Kutasi Amonasro: Quinn Kelsey Ramfis: Morris Robinson Der König von Ägypten ...