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VERDI'S grandest opera, Aida, is famous for the triumphal procession that has tested the ingenuity of directors ever since the Verona Arena Festival introduced live elephants in the 1950s. No opera ...

Set in wartime in ancient Egypt, it gives directors and designers a wonderful opportunity to create massive sets and extravagant costumes, while the plot combining love, jealousy and violence lets the ...

'When Margaret Thatcher was on Desert Island Discs, the only piece of classical music she chose was the Triumphal March," director David McVicar says, referring to the familiar music for the Egyptian ...

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Aida and Princess Amneris both love the Egyptian military hero Radames. He loves Aida, so the jealous Amneris decides to destroy them both. Aida’s father, King Amonasro of Ethiopa, captured and hiding ...

Aida is the tragic tale of the eponymous heroine’s struggle between love and country. A polarity of choice reflected in the minimalism of the set, and our art direction for the campaign. A single ...

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Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Mazzola continues "Conducting my first performance of Aida is an ...

Terrance McKnight: This is Every Voice with Terrance McKnight on WQXR. It’s a radio special that looks at the representations of blackness in Verdi’s opera Aida. Growing up I played two instruments, ...