There are fewer settings more grand, more exotic, more regal and opulent than ancient Egypt. So when Giuseppe Verdi, one of ...

"Because Aida is so big and so expensive ... with a kind of fetishization of ancient Egypt," he told AFP. "When you look at the history of Grand Opera, you see a lot of operas that are set ...

Set by Verdi in the kingdom of ancient Egypt around 2,500 BC ... the magnificence of Verdi's music so much. Aida is playing at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden until 12 February.

following her 2024 debut in Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino,” is Aida’s Egyptian rival Amneris, and tenor Piotr Beczała is the soldier Radamès — completing opera’s greatest love triangle.

Soprano Angel Blue makes her long-awaited Met role debut as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country, one of opera’s defining ... del Destino, is Aida’s Egyptian rival Amneris ...

The beautiful slave Aida finds her love and loyalties tested when her lover Radames leads the Egyptian army to war against her homeland. Opera Australia performs Verdi's masterpiece, against the grand ...

Aida has long epitomised opera at its most extravagant - think ... war and loyalty set in ancient Egypt, was a tall order. "Because Aida is so big and so expensive ... I did definitely feel ...