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 ...

John Adams has written operas that spring from world events - "Nixon In China," "The Death Of Klinghoffer," "Doctor Atomic." But the great composer's newest work, premiering at the Metropolitan Opera, ...

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 ...

There’s an epic power struggle taking place at San Francisco Opera this month — one that dates all the way back to ancient Egypt. “Antony and Cleopatra,” the new opera by Bay Area composer John Adams, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Herbst, next door to ...