Interview with ‘Viva Verdi!’ documentary director reveals how the great opera composer made “dreams come true” with his ...

The extraordinary move comes after shipping containers filled with sets, instruments, scenery and costumes for the Fondazione Arena di Verona production of Verdi’s AIDA suffered customs and shipping ...

Opera Hong Kong’s new Aida offered much to enjoy. It boasted outstanding singing and acting from internationally renowned artists in the leading roles, and the chorus had never sounded better, ...

Aida, the ‘AI digital adviser’, has outperformed human adviser averages across all six CII exams. FT Adviser can reveal, Aida, founded by Helena Wardle at Money Means, passed the CII diploma in ...

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Aida Rodriguez is set to star opposite Alycia Pascual-Peña (Bel-Air) in Hurricane Seasons, a new indie dramedy from director Nicole Gomez Fisher (Good Egg). Set to shoot in New ...

South Australia has outbid eastern states to host a 900-strong, $20m Italian production that will transform Adelaide Oval into a Roman amphitheatre. Adelaide has beaten the eastern states to secure ...

My family has a penchant for the dramatic, and a deep love of opera. It was the soundtrack to my childhood, with my mom and her eldest sister playing excerpts to each other over the phone. I know the ...

The Cape Town Opera’s production of Giuseppe Verdi’s classic opera Aida, now on at the Artscape Theatre until 31 May, receives a dramatic, modern spin, even as it stays faithful to the music and story ...

The release of “I Lituani” by Accentus Music is a revelatory achievement. Premiered in 1874, the opera presents itself as a medieval-themed “Aida,” complete with a triumphal ballet and a somewhat ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. So long as it is unclear how strongly these concerns will persist, opera companies are hedging their bets. The ...

On a recent snowy afternoon, the soprano Angel Blue travelled from the Metropolitan Opera House to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to visit its Egyptian collection. Blue, who is forty, is statuesque ...

The Metropolitan Opera opened the New Year with its first new staging of Verdi’s Aida in 37 years. Regulars had every right to be trepidatious: A few years ago we witnessed Gounod’s Faust drop the ...