Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by John Adams’s Shakespeare adaptation has been trimmed since its premiere, but still struggles with setting a flood of dense Elizabethan verse. By ...

There’s an old expression, “A lawyer who defends himself has a fool for a client.” While John Adams didn’t decide to take on the libretto for his latest opera, Monday night’s Met premiere, ANTONY AND ...

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 ...

From May 12-June 7, the Metropolitan Opera will present John Adams's 2022 Shakespearean opera Antony and Cleopatra, following runs at San Francisco Opera and the Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. The Met ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The inspirations behind the staging of “Antony and Cleopatra,” which imagines a world in which celebrities can be tantamount to gods. Julia Bullock as Cleopatra in John Adams’s ...

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, ...

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 been called America's greatest living composer. His adaptation of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" opens at the Metropolitan Opera, in New York, next week. John Adams has written ...