Aida - review

Royal Opera House, LondonDavid McVicar's production of Aida famously removes Verdi's tragedy from ancient Egypt and relocates it to an unspecified primitive theocracy predicated on human sacrifice and territorial war. It startled many when first seen. A year later, its power to surprise has lessened somewhat, and we are in a better position to assess its strengths and weaknesses.Its force lies in its emphasis on the bleakness of vision of a work usually presented as kitsch. It suffers, however,...

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