While many contemporary iterations of Aida have seen directors stage Verdi’s story of love and war outside of a more outdated ‘Egyptian’ (read: elephants, pyramids) landscape, Izzo acknowledges that ...

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

The Rivals of Aida! Last night was the opening of the second revival of Robert Carsen’s production of Verdi’s four-act opera ...

Don’t miss your chance to see “Aida,” Verdi’s epic tale of love, power and jealousy at Orcas Center on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at ...

Verdi was commissioned by the Khedive (Viceroy) of Egypt to write a piece for the new opera house in Cairo. He requested a fee of $20,000, an enormous amount in those days, and received it without a ...

While some land animals (giraffes) might be taller, and some marine life (blue whales) might be heavier, one animal stands alone as the biggest land animal on earth, and that is the African elephant.

The last act of which the composer of Aida and Don Carlos, Rigoletto and Otello seems to have been conscious was buttoning up his waistcoat. Giuseppe Verdi spent his last Christmas and saw in his last ...

In this post we’ll get to know elephants, the largest land animal to walk our planet, a little bit better and uncover the largest elephant ever recorded. Have you ever wondered how big an elephant can ...

Five elderly African elephants at a Colorado zoo will stay there, after the US state’s highest court said the animals had no legal right to demand their release because they are not human.

Elephants may have exceptional memories, but they can forget about being endowed with human rights. That's the finding of the Colorado Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled against an animal ...

NEW DELHI – A jumbo operation is moving 20 elephants across the breadth of India to the mammoth private zoo set up by the son of Asia’s richest man, adjoining a sprawling oil refinery.