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Pulitzer’s draws much of its imagery from 1930s newsreels and fascist propaganda flicks. This is not a production about ...
John Adams’s Shakespeare adaptation has been trimmed since its premiere, but still struggles with setting a flood of dense Elizabethan verse.
The Virginia Opera and the Richmond Symphony presented Damien Geter’s new opera about the landmark Supreme Court case ...
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 season of live Saturday matinee radio broadcasts continues with Adams' Antony and Cleopatra ...
Giulio Cesare is once again competing with Antony and Cleopatra, the latter this time a new work by John Adams that premiered at the Met on May 12.
There’s an old expression, “A lawyer who defends himself has a fool for a client.” While John Adams didn’t decide to take on ...
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 season of live Saturday matinee broadcasts continues at 1 p.m. with the network broadcast premiere of "Antony and Cleopatra" by John Adams, with a ...
Get a first look at the Metropolitan Opera's Antony and Cleopatra, which comes to NYC following runs at San Francisco Opera ...
A Roman general and an Egyptian queen, Mark Antony and Cleopatra flaunted their scandalous love affair while challenging the power of Rome. This 1883 painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema shows Mark ...
Jeff Lunden reports. JEFF LUNDEN, BYLINE: John Adams says he's always loved Shakespeare - in particular, the tragedy "Antony And Cleopatra." JOHN ADAMS: I think what I loved about it is the fact ...