Aida Reviews

BroadwayWorld- Highly Recommended

"...This is a handsome revival of WNO's 2017 co-production with the San Francisco Opera, the Seattle Opera, and the Minnesota Opera. It was designed by the artist RETNA (born Marquis Lewis), who combines hieroglyphic, calligraphic, and graffiti elements into a marvelously mysterious, timeless environment bespeaking ancient gods and grudges. Vast slabs of gray are splashed with deep reds, purples, blues, and greens in set elements, props, and Anita Yavich's costumes, which stylistically suggest early to mid-20th-century military wear for the men and a mashup of imperial eras for the women."

DC Theater Arts- Recommended

"...Conceived by Verdi and with the help of librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni, Aida tells the story of an imagined war between Egypt and its neighbor, Nubia, in an unspecified reign during the time of the pharaohs. The work, which premiered in 1871, was fueled by the recent conquests of Napoleon pushing into Egypt and setting off a frenzy of archaeological and artistic interest in Egyptology across Europe."