When Leonard Foglia was invited to direct an opera based on Herman Melville’s masterpiece about a white whale, his first reaction was: “Moby-Dick. That’s great!” “Then I ran to a used bookstore and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK — On Monday, the Metropolitan Opera presented the company premiere of Jake Heggie’s “Moby-Dick” — the composer’s 2010 ...

“Call Me Ishmaelle” by Xiaolu Guo is a new, entertaining entry into that well-worn trend.

“Southwest Shakespeare supports history, literacy and classics in every sense of the word. Moby Dick takes us on a journey as ...

For Bethany Collins, Herman Melville’s novel is rife with centuries-old political anxieties that still resonate today.

When Leonard Foglia was invited to direct an opera based on Herman Melville’s masterpiece about a white whale, his first reaction was: “Moby-Dick. That’s great!” “Then I ran to a used bookstore and ...

Condensing Melville’s vast and discursive work into a three-hour opera may have seemed as foolish as Captain Ahab’s increasingly desperate voyage to find the whale that maimed him, but Heggie and ...

Moussa Kone, illustrator and Harpune Verlag, publisher. "Etymology," 2012. (Courtesy Moussa Kone and Harpune Verlag. Photo by Kathy Tarantola/Peabody Essex Museum) Happy birthday, Herman Melville! On ...

NEW BEDFORD -- As the downtown area prepares for the annual "Moby-Dick" Marathon at the New Bedford Whaling Museum on Saturday, Jan 4, Aviary Books is getting into the spirit with their first Melville ...

SALEM — “Moby-Dick” has the most famous opening sentence in American literature: “Call me Ishmael.” That’s it, but what a lot gets packed into those three words. Now that sentence can make a further ...

Music Theater Heritage has announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of MOBY DICK: A SEA SHANTY. Written ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The colorful Moby Dick artwork on the side of the Moby Dick restaurant is one of the most photographed spots on the Santa Barbara waterfront but it's fading and chipping. A ...