COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Two topiary elephants greet visitors as they stroll up the lawn toward the Alice Busch Opera Theater for this year’s Glimmerglass Festival. The creatures, made of grapevine ...
No scene in the operatic repertoire is more synonymous with visual spectacle than the Act II finale of Verdi’s “Aida.” To convey the grandeur of the Egyptian army’s triumphant return, the stage ...
Lander’s Metropolitan Opera season presents Guiseppe Verdi’s “Aida,” simulcast live via HDTV. This production includes elephants, trumpets and all in the monumental setting of ancient Egypt. “Aida” ...