She's in the Egyptian business: Sondra Radvanovsky.
The winter flu bug has struck Egypt--and the Metropolitan Opera.The Metropolitan Opera press office announced today that soprano Sondra Radvanovsky will sing her first Aida at the Met tomorrow, replacing Violeta Urmana, who is ill.
Ms. Radvanovsky is an up-and-coming soprano who rose to stardom at the Met with the company's 2009 production of Il Trovatore. She has sung Aida before, but in the much smaller role of the (offstage) Priestess in Act I.
Her last appearances at the Met were in the spring of 2011, where she sang the title role in Tosca and reprised the role of Leonora in Trovatore. Next season, she will sing the role of Elisabetta de Valois in Don Carlo.
The rest of the cast, which features Marcelo Álvarez as Radames and Stephanie Blythe in the role of Amneris, remains unchanged.
For a full review of the Met's Aida starring Ms. Urmana and Ms. Blythe, visit this page on Superconductor.
