The New Yorker1d
The Met’s New Aida Visits the Other Met
The soprano Angel Blue, the star of the new production of Verdi’s ancient-Egypt spectacle, goes to the Temple of Dendur, ...
Met Opera’s Lindsay Ohse steps into the glass slipper of ‘Cendrillon’
Met Opera soprano and Grammy winner Lindsay Ohse will play the hopeful Cinderella in Opera Orlando’s next production, ...
AFP on MSN4d
With new 'Aida' staging, Met tries out grandiose opera for the contemporary age
"Aida" has long epitomized opera at its most extravagant -- think sweeping sets, luxurious costumes and even real-live horses ...
The Washington Post27d
At the Met, a troubled new ‘Aida’ struggles to rediscover itself
There’s something going around. The first indicator was the audience Tuesday night at the Metropolitan Opera, which welcomed the new year with the premiere of Michael Mayer’s new production of ...
Berkshire Eagle6d
Critic's notebook: At the Metropolitan Opera, an 'Aida' production rooted in the past says a lot about the genre's future
NEW YORK — It’s a big house. The Metropolitan Opera seats nearly 4,000 people up into its fifth balcony. It spends $300 million-plus a year, according to The New York Times. This season, it will ...
The New York Times28d
Review: The Met’s New ‘Aida’ Stages Spectacle Without Horses
By Zachary Woolfe For a long time, people went to the Metropolitan Opera for the horses. They looked to the Met, the country’s largest performing arts institution, for the kind of gaudily ...