With new 'Aida' staging, Met tries out grandiose opera for the contemporary age "Aida" has long epitomized opera at its most extravagant -- think sweeping sets, luxurious costumes and even real-live ...

When the Met calls and asks if you can fill in, of course you say yes. That's what tenor SeokJong Baek did when they asked ...

From the Metropolitan Opera in New York, starring Angel Blue as the Ethiopian princess Aida and Piotr Beczala as her lover Radamès. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts. Show more Fom the Metropolitan ...

"When you look at the history of Grand Opera, you see a lot of operas that are set in exotic locales," he said, citing "Aida" along with "Madama Butterfly," set in Japan, and "Turandot," set in ...