Jul. 25—Nancy Farrand stumbled onto the stage at Portland's Merrill Auditorium. She had walked hundreds of miles as a captive of war and had arrived in Egypt to meet an uncertain fate. Hunched and ...

Aida’s father, Amonasro, the king of Ethiopia, put Aida up to wheedling that information out of the Egyptian general, and has positioned himself to overhear the revelation. His moment of triumph, ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Aida is casting 8 male-presenting dancers and 1 male-presenting cover plus one ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. For the first time in more than a decade, Verdi’s romantic and political drama ...

One attraction of the new Aida was Saioa Hernández, a Spanish soprano rarely seen in American productions, in the title role. Montserrat Caballé once hailed this compatriot as “the diva of our century ...

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 ...

After more than 260 performances, the Metropolitan Opera this week retired its "Aida" staging, phasing out one of the company's last remaining holdovers from the last century. The production, which ...

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When it comes to Giuseppe Verdi’s “Aida” go big or go home is the name of the game. The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance’s presentation of Dayton Opera’s production of Verdi’s enduring 1871 classic ...

The Detroit Opera has brought famed opera “Aida” back to the stage after nearly a decade. The Detroit Opera is bringing back one of the most famous operas, “Aida,” after nearly a decade for a ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by But opening night of the huge production’s final run, shakily cast, presented a show that seemed to be begging to retire. By Zachary Woolfe “I’m not ...