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 ...

Verdi's Aida live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York ...

Last night was the opening of the second revival of Robert Carsen’s production of Verdi’s four-act opera Aida for the Royal Opera. This grandest of grand operas is set in ancient Egypt and ...

The American soprano, one of the most admired singers of her generation, is headlining the Metropolitan Opera’s first new production of Verdi’s “Aida” in 36 years. Blue, now 40 ...