Youthful, graceful, and very competent, with a cast of top singers, Maestro Vincenzo Milletari took the audience to ancient Egypt and its unique rituals and customs. Every year, the Israeli ...

How else can one explain his mystifying concept of framing an engrossing opera of love, war and death in ancient Egypt with the explorations of a silent band of early 20th-century archaeologists?

Robert Carsen’s abstract 2022 production of Verdi’s controversial opera has no trace of its Egyptian setting which brings a schism between staging and score Rule No 1 of Robert Carsen’s Royal Opera ...

Yes, it’s that grandly spectacular opera that plays out in Egypt, its story set in some Eurocentric vision of an ancient land with made-up wars, muddled historical periods and an absolutely ...

CHICAGO—When the Suez Canal opened in 1869, it shortened the route between Europe and India, changing the world overnight. Consequently, the Egyptian capital of Cairo became very important. Italian ...