In the case of Canadian director Robert Carsen's new Aida at Covent Garden, the answers have left me rather confused: He was trying to move the action of the opera from ancient Egypt to a modern ...

When opera's biggest spectacle opens Friday in Keller Auditorium, armies will clash, victors will parade and a tragic love triangle will bloom among the pyramids. "Aida" has been a hit since ...

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 ...

Adelaide has beaten the eastern states to secure the $20m Italian production of Verdi’s AIDA, which has been billed as “simply unmissable”. It is expected to draw up to 100,000 opera-lovers from ...