Verdi's "Aida" also has long faced criticism of Orientalism ... Capturing the hearts of those audiences is vital for the art -- and the bottom line of institutions like the Met. "The future of the ...

Many see Aida as the grandest of all grand operas. Set by Verdi in the kingdom of ancient Egypt around 2,500 BC, the setting is changed by Carsen into an unspecified military dictatorship in ...

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

On a recent snowy afternoon, the soprano Angel Blue travelled from the Metropolitan Opera House to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to visit ... Yes, Blue said—“Aida,” at the Met Opera.

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 ...

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 ...