Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For 25 centuries, a mythic Medea has haunted civilization. The sorceress — mortal granddaughter of Helios, the sun god of Greek ...
A small Perth opera company will perform the Greek tragedy Médée in a setting to match its story – a former padded cell in the building that was once an asylum for the criminally insane, now the ...
As a part-time opera critic and full-time opera lover, I have attended some 750 opera performances throughout the world. Yet never until now, and in my home-town of Berkeley no less, have I had the ...
Known for specialising in baroque opera and historically informed music interpretations, Pinchgut Opera always programs pieces that not only delight with luscious baroque instruments and beautiful ...
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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Médée awaits her deportation; the people want the immigrant out. For director Peter Sellars, Marc-Antoine ...
The fascination of opera in the 17th century, as today, was its dual ability to intensify both emotion and enjoyment, magnifying the traditional sad and happy masks which represented the idea of ...
BERLIN — For 25 centuries, a mythic Medea has haunted civilization. The sorceress — mortal granddaughter of Helios, the sun god of Greek mythology — kills two of her children as revenge for her ...
Known for specialising in baroque opera and historically informed music interpretations, Pinchgut Opera always programs pieces that not only delight with luscious baroque instruments and beautiful ...