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Fri 04 Apr 2007ReviewsThe principals of the touring Chisinau National Opera offer a display of heart-and-soul singing in this Ellen Kent and Opera International presentation of Aida.A somewhat less committed orchestra under Nicolae Dohotaru can't quite manage the more subtle moments in the score, but as these, apart from the overture, are few enough, the fanfares and marches make up for any musical deficiencies. Equally, while the singers don't indulge much in the finer psychological hints of the libretto, their straight-forward approach allows them to work at full voice, and those voices are very full, coloured, well-balanced and thrilled to bits with the dramatic possibilities of Verdi's vision of ancient Egypt and even more ancient Ethiopia.