The power of music: Alexander the Great and Handel in wartime
Handel composed Alexander's Feast in early 1736; it became one of his most popular and most often revived works during his lifetime.
This week in history: 400 years since death of Shakespeare
What immortal characters, prescient visions, fantastic worlds, and all-comprehending humanity did this writer pluck from his imagination!
“Six Characters in Search of An Author”: Performing Pirandello’s pirouettes
Sicilian playwright Luigi Pirandello's iconoclastic play is all the more impressive when one takes into account that its premiere in Rome was way back in 1921.
