When Leah Crocetto talks about the title role of Verdi’s “Aida,” it’s as if she’s describing a summit, a mountaintop that only Olympians aspire to climb. “I still can’t believe it,” Crocetto remarked ...

This is the time to start a discussion of “Aida.” A view of ancient Egypt from the perspective of the 19th century — Verdi was commissioned to write the opera as part of the celebrations of the ...