The director, one of the most influential in opera, is staging new productions in New York, France and Austria this summer.

Among those projects is the New York premiere of Matthew Aucoin’s “Music for New Bodies” and Anthony Cheung’s “ the echoing ...

John Adams, for what it's worth, reportedly turned down invitation to July 4 events as he still believed it should be celebrated on July 2, according to The History Channel. He died on July 4, 1926.

Of those letters that do survive there are one hundred and two from Adams and forty-eight from Jefferson. In 1813 Adams wrote twenty-nine, Jefferson, seven.

A July 19 symposium focuses on John Quincy Adams, the namesake of Quincy and Adams County. A desk owned by the nation's sixth president is part of the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County ...

When President John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the moment was rife with bizarre coincidences. Not only had the Founding ...

The Roman poet Propertius called Cleopatra “the whore queen.” Cassius Dio referred to her as a “woman of insatiable sexuality and insatiable avarice.” They, and other Roman men like them, were largely ...

Cleopatra was not just a famed Greek queen of Ancient Egypt, but she also even created her own secret drinking club.

As today marks July 4th, it's a fitting time to reflect on a remarkable event in American history that unfolded on this very ...

Antony and Cleopatra’s relationship flourished, but ended in tragedy when Octavian’s political rivalry with Antony intensified, and Octavian used their relationship as fuel for anti-Antony ...

NEW YORK -- Four high-ranking former New York City police officials are accusing Mayor Eric Adams and his top deputies of ...

Billionaire and radio host John Catsimatidis prefers Eric Adams over fellow Republican in mayor’s race But Sliwa, the Republican nominee, tells POLITICO he won’t leave the race unless it’s ...