Electra was one of the most prominent and tragic figures in Greek mythology, whose character inspired countless works through the centuries.

Many crime novels are known for their enduring characters who keep coming back for more adventures. Can you place these five ...

The 2024/25 season of the Greek National Opera commences with a significant artistic challenge. Gluck’s two famous operas ...

Greek tragedy frequently borrowed from epic; Aeschylus’s “Agamemnon,” Euripides’ “Iphigenia at Aulis,” and Sophocles’ “Ajax” are all derived from characters and situations in the ...

Osvaldo Golijov and David Henry Hwang’s opera, inspired by the life of Federico García Lorca, arrived at the Met with a ...

In the nineteenth century, the word denoted “creative reimagining” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s retelling of the story of ...

In the final instalment in Fry’s Greek myth retellings that started with Mythos, the author presents a charming and witty ...

The film follows a research team in Antarctica being hunted by a parasitic alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

Books & the Arts / In a collaborative work, the two artists find a fusion of old and new that charts a path forward for jazz ...

Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for The Half-Life of Marie Curie, Performance (Obie Awards) for Iphigenia 2.0, Outstanding Solo Performance (Outer Critics Circle Awards ...

The best mystery novels don’t simply dazzle readers with byzantine plots or throw them off track with unreliable narrators or Macguffins. Here, works from John Le Carré, Michael Connelly, and more.

Obie Award); Wayne Shorter and esperanza spalding’s …(Iphigenia) (MASS MoCA, Arts Emerson, The Kennedy Center); Hansel and Gretel (a film for Houston Grand Opera); Afrofemononomy (PSNY ...