Most theaters would consider it a win to have just one moment in a show that's so viscerally arresting, it causes many to put hands over hearts and gasp. "Iphigenia at Aulis," the Euripidean tragedy ...

The opera's libretto is based on a play by Racine, which in turn comes from the ancient Greek story of Iphigenia, the young woman whose father, King Agamemnon, was ordered to sacrifice her to earn ...

“Nothing is what I’m try to keep and go forward with. Nothing. Thank you.” Those were Wayne Shorter's parting words to the audience at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica on Friday night after the ...

In ancient Greece, the story of Iphigenia is one of murder, revenge and a fierce motherly love. When her husband, Agamemnon, sacrificed their daughter, Iphigenia, to gain favor with the goddess ...

“One of the great anti-war plays, ‘Iphigenia,’ exemplifies how the momentum of war can propel individuals and a nation toward the unspeakable.” This is how the website for the School of Music, Theater ...

Producing an opera that will go on to New York’s Metropolitan Opera is a daunting concept for any regional company. But in the new co-production of Gluck’s “Iphigenia in Tauris,” Seattle Opera can ...

Iphigenia at Aulis These are jittery times for the Greeks in Katie Mitchell's tremendous production of "Iphigenia at Aulis," which cracks open classical tragedy in much the same way that her wondrous ...

“Nothing is what I’m try to keep and go forward with. Nothing. Thank you.” Those were Wayne Shorter’s parting words to the audience at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica on Friday night after the ...