How to choose between love for an enemy general and love for one’s homeland? Such is the dilemma faced by Aida, an Ethiopian princess enslaved in Egypt, who also has to contend with the rivalry of ...

Timothy Myers’ voice quivers when he remembers the first time he heard soprano Angela Brown. It was the Giuseppe Verdi opera A Masked Ball, and her performance that evening changed the course of his ...

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 ...

Giuseppe Verdi’s “Aida,” set in ancient Egypt, has a reputation for being the grandest of grand operas. How grand, you ask? Well, some productions feature a parade of live elephants. Historians debate ...

Every year, the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra highlights its season with a full opera in concert form to the delight of its audience. This year’s selection, Aida, was slated to be conducted by the ...