Shanghai is planning the largest production of “Aida” ever mounted. With 2,250 performers, herds of elephants, camels, lions, tigers, a panther, a boa constrictor and 1,650 People’s Liberation Army soldiers dressed as Egyptian legionnaires all presented in an 80,000-seat stadium, the scale is enormous. But there’s only one performance scheduled, and it’s been raining fiercely all week… – New York Times