Antonio Ghislanzoni

Lyric Opera of Kansas City Reveals 2026�"2027 Season - LA BOHEME, AIDA and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 2, 2026

The new season, the 70th in Lyric Opera’s history, will include four mainstage productions at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, including La bohème and Aida.

Review: AIDA at the Kennedy Center's Opera House
by Alexander C. Kafka - Oct 25, 2025

With this marvelous Aida, WNO kicks off its 70th-anniversary season in grand style.

OPERA America Awards 2025 Marineau Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors
by Stephi Wild - May 9, 2025

OPERA America has announced the nine recipients of the 2025 Marineau Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors. Learn more about the recipients here!

Idina Menzel on Stage- From RENT to WICKED and More
by Stephi Wild - Feb 9, 2025

Idina Menzel has returned to Broadway in Redwood, now playing at the Nederlander Theatre! Menzel famously got her start in Rent on Broadway, and has gone on to star in iconic productions including Wicked, Hair, Aida, The Wild Party, and more.

Review: AIDA and the Temple of Doom Comes to the Met with Angel Blue
by Richard Sasanow - Jan 6, 2025

Someone at the Met should have been giving out flu shots (before RFK Junior makes them illegal), because something is obviously going around the cast of the new AIDA. They should have handed out a scorecard to help the audience keep track of who-was-who.

Verdi's AIDA to Open at Opera Maine's Mainstage This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 1, 2024

Opera Maine will present an original production of Verdi’s Aida at Merrill Auditorium this summer. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

AIDA Comes to Warsaw in December
by Stephi Wild - Nov 30, 2023

Aida comes to Warsaw in December. Performances run 8 December - 4 February at Teatr Wielki.

90.9 WGUC to Broadcast Cincinnati Opera's 2022 SUMMER FESTIVAL on Sunday Evenings in November
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 23, 2022

On Sunday evenings this November, Cincinnati Opera will partner with 90.9 WGUC, Cincinnati's classical public radio station, to broadcast select productions from its 2022 Summer Festival. Each broadcast will begin at 8 p.m. ET. You can listen on air at 90.9 FM and online at wguc.org.

Cincinnati Opera's 2022 Summer Festival Concludes With CASTOR AND PATIENCE, AIDA, And MORRIS AND FRIENDS
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 15, 2022

Cincinnati Opera concludes its 2022 Summer Festival July 21-31 with two powerful opera productions and one star-studded concert event.

Cincinnati Opera Announces Cast, Production, And Schedule Updates For 2022 Summer Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 11, 2022

Cincinnati Opera today shared updated cast, production, and schedule details for its 2022 Summer Festival, which will take place June 18 through July 31, 2022. After two seasons away, the company returns this summer to its longtime performance venues, Cincinnati Music Hall and the School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA).

Cairo Opera Ballet Troupe Will Perform AIDA in Italy This Week
by Stephi Wild - Jul 15, 2021

Aida is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 December 1871, in a performance conducted by Giovanni Bottesini.

VIDEO: Watch an AIDA Reunion on Stars in the House- Live at 8pm!
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 5, 2021

Stars in the House continues tonight (8pm ET) with an AIDA Reunion with Heather Headley, Sherie Rene Scott, Adam Pascal and more!

BWW Review: Elton John and Tim Rice's epic AIDA entertains at Karamu
by Roy Berko - May 27, 2019

BWW Review: AIDA at The Singapore Airlines Theatre, An eye-opening performance from the upcoming local gems.
by Joceline Loo - Apr 22, 2019

We found ourselves in the conflict zone of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, where protesters on stage were shouting "Down with Mubarak!" as we entered The Singapore Airlines Theatre of LASALLE College of the Arts. We settled down to watch the latest production of Aida, as part of The Lasalle Show, an annual graduation showcase.

BWW Feature: AIDA IN CONCERT at Autotron 's Hertogenbosch: Freek Bartels joins Willemijn Verkaik as Radames at AIDA in Concert
by Chantal Kunst - Jan 16, 2019

Na Willemijn Verkaik speelt ook Freek Bartels een van de hoofdrollen in Aida in Concert. Van 20 tot en met 30 juni vindt op het festivalterrein van Autotron in 's-Hertogenbosch zes keer het openluchtconcert van Aida in Concert plaats. Freek vertolkt de rol van Radames. Willemijn Verkaik speelt de rol van Amneris. Na twee uitverkochte edities van Elisabeth in Concert in 2017 en 2018 geeft Stage Entertainment deze zomer aan deze traditie een vervolg met Aida in Concert. Net als bij Elisabeth in Concert zullen de bezoekers van het musicalconcert dezelfde festival-sfeer op en rondom het terrein ervaren. Met de fantastische muziek van Elton John, een top cast en een 14-koppig orkest, beleeft het publiek een onvergetelijke avond uit in de open lucht. Freek Bartels verheugt zich op de rol. 'Het is een prachtig en ontroerend liefdesverhaal met geweldige songs. Ik ben blij dat deze voorstelling, achttien jaar na de musical-premiere, weer in Nederland te horen is.' Wie de rol van Aida gaat spelen, wordt later bekend.

BWW Review: Triumphant AIDA Cast Slogs Through Tedious Sir Elton Score
by Perry Tannenbaum - Sep 14, 2017

Linda Woolverton does a masterful job of modernizing - and feminizing - Verdi's libretto for A DA, but despite an excellent Theatre Charlotte cast, slogging through Sir Elton's parade of power ballads grows tedious.

BWW Review: AIDA is a Visual and Auditory Sensation at The Kennedy Center
by Evann Normandin - Sep 11, 2017

Verdi's sumptuous epic AIDA graces the Kennedy Center for the first time in more than 25 years, and it is a knock-out. The three hour visual and auditory spectacle helmed by director Francesca Zambello and conductor Evan Rogister with original sketches and concept design by famed visual artist RETNA and choreography by one of contemporary dance's leading voices Jessica Lang is not to be missed. In her director's note, Francesca Zambello speaks to AIDA's appeal with opera lovers as part of the very "fabric of our beings", but you surely don't have to be a lover of opera to fall in love with this ensemble and creative team.

Seattle Opera Expands Programs, Performances in 2017/18
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 4, 2017

Opera is for everyone-and so is Seattle Opera's 2017/18 season! There's a new bilingual performance for elementary-school students, new performance venues such as Georgetown Steam Plant, a new mainstage collaboration with ACT Theatre and Seattle Symphony leaders, and even an outdoor performance offered free of charge. Regardless of background or socioeconomic status, this season offers ways for a broad audience to be able to experience opera; it's an open invitation for the Pacific Northwest. 

Photo Flash: First Look at San Francisco Opera's AIDA �" Opening TONIGHT!
by Ashlee Latimer - Nov 5, 2016

San Francisco Opera presents Giuseppe Verdi's Aida in a new production directed by Francesca Zambello and featuring designs by Los Angeles-based, contemporary visual artist RETNA (Marquis Duriel Lewis). A co-production with Washington National Opera, Seattle Opera and Minnesota Opera, this striking and bold vision for Verdi's enduring classic will feature soprano Leah Crocetto and tenor Brian Jagde in their role debuts as the lovers at the heart of the opera, the enslaved princess Aida and the Egyptian war hero Radames. Mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk is Amneris, the daughter of the king who desires Radames' love, baritone George Gagnidze portrays Aida's vengeful father, Amonasro, and bass Raymond Aceto is Ramfis. The international cast and San Francisco Opera Orchestra will be conducted by Company Music DirectorNicola Luisotti. Resident Conductor Jordi Bernàcer will conduct the final performance on December 6.Ian Robertson is Chorus Director.

Verdi's AIDA to Play State Theatre in February
by Tyler Peterson - Jan 14, 2016

Egypt and Ethiopia are at war. Aida was captured and made a personal slave to Amneris, the daughter of Egypt's king. No one knows Aida's father is Ethiopia's king.  Teatro Lirico D'Europa presents Giuseppe Verdi's AIDA, the operatic masterpiece about the love and loyalty of an Ethiopian Princess who is brought into slavery and the Egyptian commander who enslaves her.