Fine-tuned over several years, there are moments of ecstatic lyricism in this piece — and a hair-raising scream ...

John Adams’s Shakespeare adaptation has been trimmed since its premiere, but still struggles with setting a flood of dense Elizabethan verse.

Gerald Finley and Julia Bullock star in John Adams’s Antony and Cleopatra at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / ...

The Virginia Opera and the Richmond Symphony presented Damien Geter’s new opera about the landmark Supreme Court case ...

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 ...

John Adams has been called America's greatest living composer. His adaptation of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" opens ...

Get a first look at the Metropolitan Opera's Antony and Cleopatra, which comes to NYC following runs at San Francisco Opera ...

J ohn Adams’s Antony and Cleopatra might be one of the most precisely engineered, solidly constructed, and elegantly executed operas of the past 25 years. For a tragic love stor ...

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Giulio Cesare is once again competing with Antony and Cleopatra, the latter this time a new work by John Adams that premiered ...

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 ...