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

Set in the time of Ancient Egypt, Aida is the exciting and passionate ... featuring a score by two of music's most extraordinary and revered artists, composer Elton John and lyricist Tim Rice ...

"Aida" has long epitomized opera at its most extravagant -- think sweeping sets, luxurious costumes and even real-live horses ...

The issue of cultural appropriation remains a hot topic in opera. Is it still PC to have Puccini’s Madama Butterfly set in Japan or his Turandot in China? And what is to be done with Verdi’s Aida, a ...

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 ...

The pictures were indeed pretty, but the music-making struggled to infuse them with life. The first sign of problems appeared early: Radamès, the Egyptian general besotted with Aida, the ...

At the Royal Ballet and Opera, the issue is doubled. Gone are the pyramids and Tutankamun call-backs and in comes sets (by ...

Set in the time of Ancient Egypt, Aida is the exciting and passionate ... featuring a score by two of music's most extraordinary and revered artists, composer Elton John and lyricist Tim Rice ...

Last night was the opening of the second revival of Robert Carsen’s production of Verdi’s four-act opera Aida for the Royal Opera. This grandest of grand operas is set in ancient Egypt and ...

so I learned about ancient Egypt from the Bible—Exodus and Deuteronomy, basically,” she said. “I’ve learned a lot being in ‘Aida.’ ” She cocked her head, alert to music in an ...

A large audience of Italian music aficionados ... famed for his architectural designs of Egypt's royal palaces. Opera Aida, which continues to be performed to this day, was first performed ...