Get a first listen to the beginning of Act One, where Verdi gives Radamès (sung here by Lyric favorite Russell Thomas) one of the most challenging and iconic tenor arias in the repertoire — "Celeste ...

Witness one of opera’s most epic stories of passion, betrayal, and war. Behold the tragic romance of Aida, an Ethiopian princess enslaved by the Egyptians, and Radamès, an Egyptian general who must ...

For years great divas have smeared their ample bodies with cocoa-colored grease paint or pancake make-up to sing Aïda, Giuseppe Verdi’s Ethiopian princess. This week, an Aïda didn’t have to bother. In ...

Late in the afternoon on Nov. 10, lights began to dim as a packed audience eagerly waited at the Emerson Colonial Theatre. The Boston Lyric Opera’s staging of the classic opera “Aida,” with music by ...

Reginald Smith Jr., fresh from playing (older) Emile in Terence Blanchard’s opera “Champion,” is having a formidable 2024 on the Lyric Opera stage. In the role of Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, the ...

"Aida" ranks among the most beloved operas. Yet despite its popularity, its demands put it beyond the grasp of many companies. The Virginia Opera opened its season with Verdi's masterpiece, and a ...

With no Schiller or Shakespeare as base, only the Egyptians and international dignitaries to please for the opening of the Cairo Opera House, Verdi’s librettist Ghislanzoni and scenario deviser ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Take your vitamins, folks. There’s something going around. The first indicator was the audience Tuesday night at the Metropolitan ...

For its “new” production of Aida this fall, the Paris Opera imported one from the 2017 Salzburg Festival, a choice that will have surprised many who saw it there. The production by the accomplished ...