A beloved version of that scale helmed the Met for more than three decades -- so staging a new production of "Aida," a tale of love, war and loyalty set in ancient Egypt, was a tall order. "Because ...

Outstanding Actress in a Musical: Heather Headley was nominated but did not win. 2000 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Heather Headley won.

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 ...

Outstanding Actress in a Musical: Heather Headley was nominated but did not win. 2000 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Heather Headley won.

Aida has long epitomized opera at its most extravagant—think sweeping sets, luxurious costumes, and even real-live horses—an experience intended to ...

Aida is a story of love, devotion and betrayal spanning lifetimes, featuring a score by two of music's most extraordinary and revered artists, composer Elton John and lyricist Tim Rice ...

Aida is a story of love, devotion and betrayal spanning lifetimes, featuring a score by two of music's most extraordinary and revered artists, composer Elton John and lyricist Tim Rice ...

The principal tenor singing the role of Radamés in the Met’s new staging of Verdi’s “Aida” was fighting a virus. Could Baek come in and cover? It had been awhile since Baek had sung the ...

Sometimes, during long days in the practice room, she slammed the lid of the piano and threw her music across the room in frustration. Image Blue said that in Aida she saw a kindred spirit ...

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"Aida" has long epitomized opera at its most extravagant -- think sweeping sets, luxurious costumes and even real-live horses, an experience intended to transfix the audience with grandeur. A ...