Michael Mayer’s new staging for the Met had me wondering how soon someone would roll the stone slab back and let my people go home.” ...

But “Aida” is something else ... a sold-out house with a cast that includes tenor Piotr Beczala as her lover, Radames, mezzo Judit Kutasi as her rival, Amneris, and baritone Quinn Kelsey ...

Someone at the Met should have been giving flu shots (before RFK Junior makes them illegal), because something is obviously ...

Tenor SeokJong Baek will sing the role of Radamès in upcoming performances Verdi’s Aida, at the Met Opera replacing Piotr Beczała, who has withdrawn due to illness. Learn more!

You know you’re in trouble when a grand new production of Verdi’s “Aida” only catches fire midway through the second act, after the “Triumphal March”—when Amonasro shows up.