Magnificent Singing in Aida Saves This HGO Production

Ancient Egypt looks mighty cheesy in Houston Grand Opera’s new production of Verdi’s colossal masterpiece Aida (1871). Granted, the former HGO production from fashionista Zhandra Rhodes (seasons 2006 and 2013) didn’t look much better, staged flat as a hieroglyphic, but at least it was psychedelic. This one, from director Phelim…