>Aida Filled with DeMille spectacle, scene-chewing passion and sublime music, Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida (1871), one of grand opera’s grandest, evokes the moonlit Nile, sumptuous palaces, gloomy temple sanctums, a split-level set that reveals claustrophobia below and splendor above (Verdi’s own design), and, most famous of all, a majestic triumphal scene…
