The soprano Angel Blue, the star of the new production of Verdi’s ancient-Egypt spectacle, goes to the Temple of Dendur, ...

A beloved version of that scale helmed the Met for more than three decades -- so staging a new production of "Aida," a tale ...

By Javier C. Hernández Moments before she went onstage in “Aida” at the Metropolitan Opera on a recent night, the soprano Angel Blue was in her dressing room, smiling and blowing kisses on a ...

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

The Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Aida remains a thoroughly traditional show beyond some surface novelties, whereas the Royal Opera’s 2022 production dispenses with Egypt altogether.

The Metropolitan Opera's assistant directors balance tradition and innovation to revive productions like "Aida" while shaping ...

Riccardo Massi has withdrawn from the performance of Aida on Tuesday 28 January due to illness. The role of Radames will be ...

When Robert Carsen’s wilfully, resolutely non-Egyptian staging of Verdi’s Aida was first presented in 2022, its abstract updating to an international zone of conflict, with echoes of military ...

Perhaps their inclusion was Mayer’s weak attempt to make his otherwise utterly traditional, entirely conventional Aida more relevant by attaching itself to opera’s recent struggle with its lon ...

Michael Mayer grew up with a fascination with ancient Egypt, and it's an interest he is putting to good use this winter. Following his acclaimed work just last year on Broadway's Swept Away, Mayer has ...

Angel Blue, soprano superstar and Los Angeles native, stars in the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Verdi’s Aida, streaming Live in HD to cinemas around the world on Saturday ...