Although I focus a lot on world music and jazz, I’ve always loved opera and art song. I saw the great German-British soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sing at the Hollywood Bowl in the late ’60s. On a ...

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Aida. The well-known story of the Egyptian army captain Radames, who falls in love with Nubian pricess Aida, while their countries are at war. Aida is captured and forced to be the handmaid of Amneris ...