Aida

Musical skill makes Verdi's 'Aida' sing

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008

Seattle Opera opened a brilliantly sung "Aida" this weekend at McCaw Hall.

Seattle Opera's new season gets under way with "Aida"

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008

Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida," set in ancient Egypt, opens Seattle Opera's 2008-09 season with plenty of pageantry in the Parisian grand- opera...

'Aida,' a musical masterpiece, returns to Seattle Opera this weekend

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008

After a 16-year absence, Verdi's "Aida" returns to Seattle Opera this weekend at McCaw Hall.

Verdi on Classics for Pleasure, Opera Highlights

Opera Today (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008

With these three CDs of highlights from three Verdi operas - Nabucco, Il Trovatore, and Aida — Classics for Pleasure gives a snapshot of the arc of his career.

Aida in Beijing

Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008

China Economic Net A slow news day again. So this is just a piece which contains some history to Verdi's opera Aida , which was commissioned by the Egyptian Khedive to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal: As part of the celebrations of the opening of the Suez Canal in November 1869, the Khedive of Egypt built a new opera house in Cairo and approached Verdi about the composition of an inaugural...

Aida a Weekend Spectacle in Buenos Aires

Argentina's Travel Blog (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008

The musical Aida was performed in Buenos Aires Friday and Saturday night this weekend. The musical was written by Elton John and Tim Rice and premiered on Broadway in 2000. Originally an opera, John and Rice adapted the work of Giuseppe Verdi by using a variety of musical styles including reggae, Motown, pop, and gospel. [...]

Two Aida’s from TDK

Opera Today (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008

At one time, Verdi’s Aida figured as the most performed opera.

"Aida": pop-rock melodrama in ancient Egypt

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 29/05/2008

Village Theatre ably stages the lavish Broadway musical "Aida," but this hunk of Disney-fied myth-kitsch is to Verdi's opera what the Egyptian-themed Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas is to the real pyramids.

Roberto Alagna, Barbican Hall, London

The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008

It was plucky, not to say defiant, of Roberto Alagna to include the treacherous "Celeste Aida" in his Viva Verdi recital. This was, after all, the aria that precipitated his famous walk-out from La Scala, Milan, in December 2006, when elements in the audience showed their disapproval in the traditional manner. But if he sang it there as he did here, then I can't say I blame them.

Theater: Hillbarn closes season with Elton John's 'Aida'

Examiner (Free subscription) | 26/04/2008

Giuseppe Verdi's classic opera was the inspiration for a completely modern "Aida" by Elton John and Tim Rice. Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City presents the Broadway musical version of "Aida" from May 8 to June 8. The show concludes the theater's 67th season.

Viva Verdi at Vue cinema - News & Star

Fun Share Blog (Free subscription) | 24/04/2008

News & Star Viva Verdi at Vue cinemaNews & Star, UK - 3 hours agoA PERFORMANCE of Verdi’s opera Aida from the 2007 season at the world-famous La Scala opera house, in Milan, is screened at Vue cinema, Carlisle, on Sunday. …Amazing Vue of a stunning opera News & Starall 2 news articles Related PostsCommercial Center to Be Built [...]

Ailing singer recovers in time for an impressive 'Aida' performance

Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008

At last, on Sunday afternoon, Pittsburgh Opera lovers heard the magnificent Stephanie Blythe sing Amneris in Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida," her debut in the role and with this company.

Conductor Pulls Serious Double Duty In Pittsburgh

ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 03/04/2008

"Desperate times led to a remarkable solution in Verdi's 'Aida' at [Pittsburgh's] Benedum Center last night: The conductor stepped in to sing for an ailing tenor." Not only that, Pittsburgh Opera music director Antony Walker kept conducting the performance, while singing the male lead!...

Pittsburgh Opera Tackles Spectacle of 'Aida'

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 24/03/2008

By Mark Kanny Excitement reigns at Pittsburgh Opera, where a huge cast is preparing to perform "Aida," one of the most popular and spectacular of all operas. Giuseppe Verdi's intoxicating music evokes Egyptian antiquity for a romantic triangle set in the context of warring nations.

Chorus of disapproval over opera's use of wild animals

The Independent (Free subscription) | 21/03/2008

Animal welfare groups have roared their disapproval at an opera company for using two lions and a cheetah during live performances of Verdi's Aida.

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