Michael Longley, the Irish poet whose long career included more than 40 books, died last week. He was lauded by literary, ...

One story that incessantly echoes is that of Achilles in the Iliad whose sense of betrayal by his commander, Agamemnon, who ...

In 1962 he played the opening trumpet fanfare in the premiere of Michael Tippett’s King Priam, the same work with which he made his conducting debut at the house in 1985. In 1963 he followed ...

British-Sri Lankar rapper M.I.A. recently made the news for talking about why she doesn't support the BLM (Black Lives Matter) movement. As per the video posted on Instagram by Hollywood Unlocked ...

It would be a shame should Barker choose to stop here, not only for her fans but for anyone who continues to be enthralled by ...

Discover the legendary city of Troy and the vibrant town of Çanakkale, where ancient mythology meets modern history ...

Various heroes adorn the walls of the elegant entertaining space, including Helen, Paris and Cassandra, daughter of Priam. The walls were painted black ... and was part of a previously hidden room in ...

Other productions include La Clemenza di Tito and Peter Grimes in Stockholm, I Pagliacci and Chaynes' award-winning Erzsebet in Paris, The House of the Dead and Lulu in Gothenburg, Tosca in Oslo, ...

“Achilles … pushed the old king / Gently away, but Priam curled up at his feet and / Wept with him until their sadness filled the building”: well we remember Longley’s reading of this sonnet at the ...

During the war, Diomedes slays many great Trojan heroes, including Astynous, Hyperion, Abas, Polyidus, Xanthus, Thoon, Echemmon, and Chromius—the last two being sons of the Trojan King Priam. Diomedes ...