What makes a “grand opera” grand? Well, in part, it’s the sheer number of artists involved, reviewer Page Laws says.
Aida may be an opera-by-numbers, lurching between sclerotic clunk and clunking sclerosis, but it does contain some scene-stealing moments Coursing through this new-found aesthetic coherence were ...
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Through countless hours of practice and prep work, Virginia Opera got ready to show Aida. Then the COVID pandemic happened, shutting it down in March 2020. Six years later, they ...