COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Two topiary elephants greet visitors as they stroll up the lawn toward the Alice Busch Opera Theater for this year’s Glimmerglass Festival. The creatures, made of grapevine ...

When it comes to grand opera, it doesn’t get any bigger, or grander, than “Aida,” Verdi’s tragic love story of a captive Ethiopian princess (Aida) and an Egyptian general (Radames) set in Egypt at the ...

Giuseppe Verdi’s “Aida” tempts audiences to succumb to spectacle but draws its enduring power from emotions that burn hotter than any ceremonial bonfire. The opera’s 1871 premiere in Cairo brought 12 ...

No scene in the operatic repertoire is more synonymous with visual spectacle than the Act II finale of Verdi’s “Aida.” To convey the grandeur of the Egyptian army’s triumphant return, the stage ...

Lander’s Metropolitan Opera season presents Guiseppe Verdi’s “Aida,” simulcast live via HDTV. This production includes elephants, trumpets and all in the monumental setting of ancient Egypt. “Aida” ...

The set-up: In the 1860s, the Khedive of Egypt was spending his country’s treasury like a drunken pharaoh. Heavily influenced by the West, he wanted to bring medieval Egypt up to speed, so he began an ...

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2018-19 Live in HD series begins Saturday, Oct. 6, with “Aida” by Giuseppe Verdi. This season’s lineup offers something for everyone: an array of well-known and lesser-known ...

The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance has announced the cast and conductors for Dayton Opera's upcoming production of Verdi's Aida. Aida takes place Friday, April 4 at 7:30pm and Sunday, April 6 at ...