Aida Samb has been played on NTS in shows including Labour, featured first on 28 January 2023. Songs played include Djirim and Temps Boy.

By Javier C. Hernández Photographs and Video by OK McCausland When the director Michael Mayer set out to stage Verdi’s “Aida” at the Metropolitan Opera, he knew the stakes were high.

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Take your vitamins, folks. There’s something going around. The first indicator was the audience Tuesday night at the Metropolitan Opera, which welcomed the new year with the premiere of Michael ...

The onstage menagerie has been vanishing. On Tuesday, the company rang in the new year with a new version of Verdi’s Pharaonic classic “Aida” starring the shining soprano Angel Blue ...

You know you’re in trouble when a grand new production of Verdi’s “Aida” only catches fire midway through the second act, after the “Triumphal March”—when Amonasro shows up.

Mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi, following her 2024 debut in Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, is Aida’s Egyptian rival Amneris, sharing the role with Elīna Garanča, who returns to the Met for ...

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In the center, a rope came down and with it an archeologist. As he reached the bottom to get off the rope, he fell to the ground, the sound of his body crashing over the delicate violins that opened ...

When my husband of almost four years asked me if I thought we should divorce, I opened my laptop, started a list, and tried to get to the bottom of things to begin saving my marriage. Did we still ...