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

With new 'Aida' staging, Met tries out grandiose opera for the contemporary age "Aida" has long epitomized opera at its most extravagant -- think sweeping sets, luxurious costumes and even real ...

It was much more potent than Radamès and Aida singing their subsequent death duet in the vault, which should be the opera’s most wrenching moment. Dmitry Belosselskiy was insufficiently lethal ...

Aida has long epitomised opera at its most extravagant - think sweeping sets, luxurious costumes and even real-live horses, an experience intended to transfix the audience with grandeur.