An opera based on Melville’s masterpiece, ‘Moby-Dick,’ docks at the Met
The Metropolitan Opera is staging a production of Herman Melville's masterpiece about a white whale, ‘Moby-Dick.’ ...
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'Moby-Dick' adaptation sets sail at the Met, blending music, multimedia, and daring staging
When director Leonard Foglia was invited to stage an opera adaptation of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, his excitement was ...
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Mastodon to Discuss ‘Leviathan’ and ‘Moby-Dick’ at Metropolitan Opera Event
“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 ...
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Joseph O’Neill Reads “Keuka Lake”
Oscar who? The film critic, a true believer in the art of cinema, picks the winners of the most coveted award of all: the Brodys. The New Yorker Radio Hour John Fetterman on Trump’s “Raw ...
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Billionaire Merit Badges
The famed twentieth-century photojournalist Weegee was just as fascinated with tragedy—fires, car crashes, murders—as he was with our desire to gawk. “The earlier the intervention, the ...
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What Moby Dick Still Teaches Us
When Moby Dick was first published in 1851, it did not make much of a splash. It was not until it was rediscovered by the ...
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In Search of Moby Dick: Quest for the White Whale
Compared to these epics, Severin’s latest quest is simple. Like Melville’s novel, In Search of Moby Dick is loosely structured around a search for a white whale. To this end, Severin spends time with ...