‘Aida’ Review: Glum Grandeur at the Metropolitan Opera
Starring Angel Blue and Piotr Beczała, Michael Mayer’s new staging of Verdi’s Egyptian classic favors monumentality at nearly ...
Mexico City to the Met: Frida Escobedo’s Supercharged Path to Fame
The 45-year-old architect had mostly designed temporary structures before becoming the first woman to design a wing at the ...
Review: The Met’s New ‘Aida’ Stages Spectacle Without Horses
Michael Mayer directs Verdi’s classic as an archaeologist’s discovery, featuring the shining soprano Angel Blue.
At the Met, a troubled new ‘Aida’ struggles to rediscover itself
The first indicator was the audience Tuesday night at the Metropolitan Opera, which welcomed the new year with the premiere ...
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Review: AIDA and the Temple of Doom Comes to the Met with Angel Blue
Someone at the Met should have been giving flu shots (before RFK Junior makes them illegal), because something is obviously ...
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Review Roundup: AIDA Directed by Michael Mayer at the Metropolitan Opera
After being postponed due to the pandemic in the 2020-21 season, The Met's new production of the opera Aida finally opened as ...
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Kutasi’s Amneris provides the highlights in Met’s uneven, archaeological “Aida”
For 36 years, Sonja Frisell’s mounting of Aida at the Metropolitan Opera, with its monumental Pharaonic sets by Gianni ...
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‘Aida’ Review: Glum Grandeur at the Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera’s show, directed by Michael Mayer and unveiled on New Year’s Eve, was announced as a fit replacement for the large-scale Sonja Frisell staging from 1988: No radical ...