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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

The last time Berkeley's John Adams wrote an opera was 11 years ago, when "The Death of Klinghoffer" was co-commissioned by the San Francisco Opera and several other companies. Now the Opera has come ...

Girls of the Golden West, out April 26, 2024, is John Adams’ eighth music theater work to be released by Nonesuch Records. Adams’ stage works are among the most performed contemporary operas of our ...

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 ...

The Italian filmmaker hopes his staging of John Adams’s “The Death of Klinghoffer” will help audiences look past the controversies surrounding the work. By Elisabetta Povoledo Recent performances by ...

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 ...

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 ...