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Booed ‘Aida’ in Paris Repels With Klan, Gestapo: Review

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The booing started in Act I and reached tumultuous levels by the time director Olivier Py and Pierre-Andre Weitz, the set and costume designer, stepped in front of the curtain at the Bastille.

The Paris Opera hasn’t seen a new “Aida” since 1939 and this isn’t one for the ages.