Late in the afternoon on Nov. 10, lights began to dim as a packed audience eagerly waited at the Emerson Colonial Theatre. The Boston Lyric Opera’s staging of the classic opera “Aida,” with music by ...
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 ...
Reginald Smith Jr., fresh from playing (older) Emile in Terence Blanchard’s opera “Champion,” is having a formidable 2024 on the Lyric Opera stage. In the role of Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, the ...
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, ...