In Miriam Buether’s set ... Young soldier Radamès is wrestling with his love for Aida, a captured Ethiopian servant of the haughty Princess Amneris. The warmth and majesty of Verdi’s score ...

Raehann Bryce-Davis (Amneris) Credit: Marc Brenner The opening scenes, with dour grey costumes in the brutalist concrete set, have nothing to capture the eye. Aida’s rival Amneris, the mezzo ...

Robert Carsen’s staging of Aida, now in its third season at Covent Garden, feels more pertinent with every year that the Ukraine war continues and tensions in world politics increase. Carsen zeroes in ...

Set Designer Miriam Buether and Costume Designer ... Amneris American mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis, replacing Ekaterina Semenchuk as Aida’s entitled rival Amneris, brought touches of ...

Victor Davis Hanson, a senior contributor for The Daily Signal, is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and author of the book "The Second World Wars ...

Yes, Blue said—“Aida,” at the Met Opera ... My dad listened to Deep Purple, the Ink Spots, Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra,” she said. “He had a really good musical palate.” ...

NEW YORK, Jan 25 — “Aida” has long epitomised opera at its most extravagant – think sweeping sets, luxurious costumes and even real-live horses, an experience intended to transfix the audience with ...