I went to the Metropolitan Opera the other night to see the new opera, Moby-Dick. It was a black-tie gala, and the performance was tremendous, but the evening was somber. It began with the orchestra ...

Bradley J. Thomas, plays the part of a mysterious stranger, at left, accosting Eric Morris, as Ishmael in “Moby Dick: a Sea Shanty.” The world-premiere musical, runs through April 19 at Music Theater ...

Obsession, sea salt, bloodlust and a really annoying whale – that is my synopsis of “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville. Crooked and bent over a carnal thirst for revenge, Captain Ahab leads the crew of ...

Dallas Opera’s triumphant world premiere of Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick is so un-opera in the traditional sense that it’s easier to describe it as new epic cinema in 3-D. With live actors. And lots of ...

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 ...

It took Herman Melville 135 chapters to get to the part in his 1851 classic “Moby Dick” when the massive sperm whale and the peg-legged Captain Ahab finally do battle. No spoiler here: Moby Dick wins, ...

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 ...