Full of scenic wonders, stunning music, magnificent performances, thunderous choruses, and elegant direction, Houston Grand Opera’s presentation of George Frideric Handel’s commanding oratorio Saul ...

TWO very different South Australian shows – one a grand scale production and the other made on a shoestring budget – are among those nominated for Helpmann Awards. Handel’s oratorio Saul, which tells ...

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King Saul jealously welcomes the returning David, fresh from his defeat of Goliath. But Saul is misunderstood by his two daughters and his son, and this plants the roots of a drama exploring the ...

The biblical extravaganza was named best opera and won best opera direction for Barrie Kosky, as well as best male opera performer for its UK star Christopher Purves and supporting male for ...

In “Saul,” the magnificent overture to George Frideric Handel’s 1739 oratorio opens on a dim, but not dark, hall. For several minutes, long enough for an exquisite oboe solo and virtuoso passage by ...

Festival artistic directors Neil Armfield and Rachel Healy said the rehearsal at the Festival Theatre on Wednesday night would be a unique opportunity for students to see their program’s flagship show ...

Ein alter Mann ist stets ein König Lear – as Goethe wrote, every old man is a King Lear, and it is Shakespeare’s patriarch, along with his Fool and his daughters, whose disintegration and downfall are ...

The story of Saul, the 11th-century B.C. king of Israel, certainly has operatic possibilities. While lacking a conventional love angle, it features a reluctant ruler (Saul) who descends into murderous ...

AS OPERA houses go, Glyndebourne is less inclined than most to take risks. The Royal Opera House or English National Opera may mix traditional productions with new, experimental versions of old ...