The women were the highlights of Washington National Opera’s militaristic Aïda
When such a canonically ossified work like Verdi’s Aïda is directed at all (let alone as ambitiously as Damiano Michieletto at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino), it does feel like a completely different opera
Elina Garanca is back at the Met for the first time since 2020 — her Amneris is, in a word, sensational.
Yes, there were other Giocondas if not of quite the same distinction. Chronologically…
Following the composition of Un ballo in maschera, Verdi had gone into a self-imposed retirement, at least musically; he had not composed a note in four years.
Don Carlo is truly a grand opera, Verdi’s biggest, no matter if it’s the four or five act version. It is a bitch.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
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