13 Sep 2010
San Francisco Opera's 'Aida'
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/12/DDJ31FCCFL.DTL
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A musical challenge to our view of the past
https://vimeo.com/operarara/how-to-rescue-an-opera
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/12/DDJ31FCCFL.DTL
By Joshua Kosman {SF Chronicle Music, 13 September 2010]
One of the secrets mastered by the ancient Egyptians was the trick of turning the separate static images of hieroglyphics into dramatic narrative. The production of "Aida" that inaugurated the San Francisco Opera's fall season at the War Memorial Opera House on Friday night attempts something similar with mixed but increasing success.