“Based on two Noh plays, the hypnotic work creates a shimmering world of supernatural encounters…”
Not Verdi but Elton John. Oops!
“The antagonistic themes of Aida seem to have spilled into the wings after a student production of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera was cancelled amid a row over suggestions of ‘cultural appropriation’.”
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