As we use it today, the term baroque is synonymous with grand, exuberant, over the top. Bauhaus, the German art-and-craft movement that emerged after the horrors of World War I, on the other hand, ...

Nicholas Garza (Damon), far-left, Alex Longnecker (Acis) and Gitanjali Mathur (Galatea) far-right, during a production of Handel's 'Acis and Galatea' by the American Baroque Opera Company, on Saturday ...

Every time a Handel opera gets put on, it seems, people talk about a Baroque revival. Forget that it’s been Every time a Handel opera gets put on, it seems, people talk about a Baroque revival. Forget ...

The opera is based on the myth in Virgil's "Aeneid%2C"of star-crossed lovers who come to tragic ends. Bourbon Baroque leaders knew Purcell's opera could showcase many different arts disciplines. Clark ...

It has never been easy to come to terms with prolific artists. The old saw is that Vivaldi wrote the same concerto 500 times. He didn’t. He could always surprise and delight, just like the recent ...

When the opera “Semele” opens Wednesday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the stage will hold some extra weight: two sumo wrestlers, totaling 700 pounds, and a 17-ton, 450-year-old temple. “Semele,” a ...