We learn much of what we know about Antony and Cleopatra in Shakespeare’s eponymous play through something of a non-entity. Enobarbus tells us that “Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thirty-five years ago, John Adams' first opera, which changed the way opera would be made and matter in America, had its first ...

Any production of a new opera is a big deal. The world premiere of an opera by American composer John Adams is an international event. A co-commission and co-production with the Metropolitan Opera and ...

Composer Daniele da Castrovillari’s La Cleopatra premiered in Venice’s Teatro San Salvatore (also called Teatro San Luca) in 1662. A week earlier the Council of Ten, Venice’s top governing body, ...

If John Adams had been content to offer a faithful operatic rendering of Shakespeare’s epic drama of Antony and Cleopatra, Adams would have created by far his finest opera in a career marred by ...

On Thursday, January 15, 2009, New York City Opera will present its Winter Gala accompanying a concert performance of Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra. Gala guests will join us for pre-performance ...

The Cairo Opera Ballet Company, under the supervision of its Artistic Director, Armenia Kamel, will present the entire “Cleopatra” show at the Grand Theater, Opera House, accompanied by the Cairo ...

This composer’s latest stage work, at San Francisco Opera, is his most straightforward, but also his least inspired. By Zachary Woolfe SAN FRANCISCO — John Adams’s operas have never been ordinary. His ...

San Francisco Opera today announced a cast change for the world premiere of John Adams' Antony and Cleopatra, opening on September 10, 2022 as the first operatic presentation of the Company's 2022-23 ...

San Francisco — Thirty-five years ago, John Adams’ first opera, which changed the way opera would be made and matter in America, had its first public workshop performance in a small theater, the ...