The New York company recently opened two underpowered productions: Jake Heggie’s 2010 adaptation of the Herman Melville ...

The Metropolitan Opera premiered an expanded version of Jake Heggie’s 2010 adaptation, which had its East Coast premiere at ...

Oh, what a fascinating career: Brandon Jovanovich, operatic tenor from Billings, Montana, went from a cater waiter at the ...

The city kicked off its annual “Moby-Dick” marathon weekend by unveiling ... Jonah at the historic New Bedford chapel. “Statues are many things,” New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell said ...

Her winning concept came to her after she re-read “Moby Dick,” specifically the sermon offered up in the Whaleman’s Chapel about Jonah and the Whale. “When I learned the sculpture would st ...

By Zachary Woolfe The opening line of Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick” is one of the most famous in literature. But Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer, whose moody, monochromatic 2010 adaptation ...

This image released by the Metropolitan Opera shows a scene from a rehearsal of the opera "Moby-Dick" at the Metropolitan Opera on Feb. 20, 2025 in New York. (Karen Almond/Met Opera via AP) ...

Not until the early 20th century was Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick first recognized as a literary masterpiece and touted as a cornerstone of modern American literature. Etching of Joseph O.

“Mark your calendars for Friday, February 28, when members of legendary metal band [Mastodon] meet composer [Jake HEgge] at [BRIC] to celebrate the Met premiere of Heggie’s Moby-Dick and the 20th ...

When Leonard Foglia was invited to direct an opera based on Herman Melville’s masterpiece about a white whale, his first reaction was: “Moby-Dick. That’s great!” “Then I ran to a used ...

An Opera Based on Melville’s Masterpiece, 'Moby-Dick,' Docks at the Met When Leonard Foglia was invited to direct an opera based on Herman Melville’s masterpiece about a white whale ...