Get a first listen to the beginning of Act One, where Verdi gives Radamès (sung here by Lyric favorite Russell Thomas) one of the most challenging and iconic tenor arias in the repertoire — "Celeste ...

Aida, the operatic equivalent of a widescreen, adventure-romance film, owes a large part of its lasting popularity to big scenery and volume. The second act Triumphal March, staged with or without ...

Terrance McKnight: This is Every Voice with Terrance McKnight on WQXR. It’s a radio special that looks at the representations of blackness in Verdi’s opera Aida. Growing up I played two instruments, ...

For years great divas have smeared their ample bodies with cocoa-colored grease paint or pancake make-up to sing Aïda, Giuseppe Verdi’s Ethiopian princess. This week, an Aïda didn’t have to bother. In ...

In cash-strapped times, Giuseppe Verdi’s “Aida” isn’t the obvious choice to begin Connecticut Opera’s new season. Expectations ride high in the grand opera that is often accompanied with Cecil B.

Aida, Movements: ~ José Cura, Tenor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Philharmonia Orchestra Aida, Movements: ~ Giuseppe Verdi, Composer José Cura, Tenor Philharmonia Orchestra (Un) ballo in maschera, '(A) ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Despite the promise of his name, Italian citizen Prospero Bertani was ...

Just in time to round out the anniversary year of Verdi's death is "The Tenor Arias," Placido Domingo's survey of the composer's distinctively muscular, heroic treatment of the high male voice.