With a staged concert, BLO takes ‘Aida’ back to basics
The program book included an essay from BLO artistic associate and theatrical director Anne Bogart: a stripped-down “Aida,” ...
Boston Classical Review4d
Fine singers carry BLO’s concert “Aida” over rough edges
Sunday was a special day for bass Morris Robinson, who marked the 25 th anniversary of his BLO debut (also in Aida ), with a ...
Your Observer3d
Sarasota Opera renews its vows to Verdi with concert program
The opera began its 28-year Verdi voyage in 1989 with “Rigoletto.” It completed the Verdi Cycle in 2016 with “Aida” and “The ...
Cleveland Scene12d
The Metropolitan Opera: Aida
The Met's unforgettable production of Verdi's ancient Egyptian drama stars Liudmyla Monastyrska and Hui He. They share the title role of the enslaved Ethiopian princess caught in a love triangle ...
The New York Times14d
To Join This Club, a Member Must Die. And You Must Adore Verdi.
It was only after a lunch of horse meat tartare, in a clubhouse surrounded by opera paraphernalia, that they finally sang ...
WBUR8d
He was a football player. Then, in Boston, he found opera
Radio Boston talks with opera singer Morris Robinson, who will be performing Verdi's Aida with the Boston Lyric Opera on Sunday at the Emerson Colonial Theater. Robinson, a college football player, ...
Sarasota Opera sings music of Verdi in fall concert program
Five singers join the Sarasota Orchestra and Sarasota Opera Artistic Director Victor DeRenzi for an evening of Verdi works ...
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Sarasota Opera Announces Fall Verdi Concert
Soprano Rochelle Bard made her debut with Sarasota Opera in 2019 as Abigaille in Verdi’s Nabucco. She has sung the title role in Verdi’s Aida with Washington Opera Society, the title role ...