The soprano Angel Blue, the star of the new production of Verdi’s ancient-Egypt spectacle, goes to the Temple of Dendur, ...

"Aida" has long epitomized opera at its most extravagant -- think sweeping sets, luxurious costumes and even real-live horses ...

Aida has long epitomized opera at its most extravagant—think sweeping sets, luxurious costumes, and even real-live horses—an ...

When the Met calls and asks if you can fill in, of course you say yes. That's what tenor SeokJong Baek did when they asked ...

"Because Aida is so big and so expensive... I did definitely feel the pressure of that," director Michael Mayer told AFP in a recent interview of his production that premiered this month, adding ...

"Because Aida is so big and so expensive ... for the art -- and the bottom line of institutions like the Met. "The future of the opera in America is really in the hands of the young people ...

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

Aida has long epitomised opera at its most extravagant - think sweeping ... A beloved version of that scale helmed the Met for more than three decades - so staging a new production of Aida ...