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With its brass bludgeon of a triumphal march, its two-story tomb scene and its temple rendezvous, Verdi wrote the book on grand opera when he composed "Aida." It's impossible to get too grand with it.

Saturday's concert version of "Aida" by the Greater Bridgeport Symphony pared Giuseppe Verdi's monumental four-hour opera to two hours, but that didn't dampen any of the opera's dramatic intensity at ...

Verdi represents the epitome of Italian opera, and Aida features some of its most beloved music. The opera with the famous Triumphal March is a magnificent yet intimate piece about love in the shadow ...

Giuseppe Verdi’s “Aida” tempts audiences to succumb to spectacle but draws its enduring power from emotions that burn hotter than any ceremonial bonfire. The opera’s 1871 premiere in Cairo brought 12 ...

Cairo Opera House chose Egyptian composer Omar Khairat and the Triumphal March of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Aida to be performed during the celebrations of the new Suez Canal. The cultural segment of the ...

The project has been underway for nearly 30 years. It comes to spectacular fruition this weekend. Saturday, the Sarasota Opera premiered "Aida." When when the final curtain closed, the Sarasota Opera ...

To clear up any lingering confusion, the "Aida" with music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice that is playing at the Orpheum Theatre is not exactly the "Aida" by Giuseppe Verdi that was performed at ...

Elephants, Egyptian palaces, politics and love triangles — now we're talking grand opera! In an art form notorious for its excesses, Verdi's Aida can take the bigger-is-better approach to nearly ...

Recorded live in Maastricht in 2024, including Verdi’s triumphal March of Aida and much more. Recorded live in Maastricht in 2024, highlights include Verdi’s triumphal March of Aida performed with 400 ...

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 ...