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 ...

Curator of the museum Philippa Wood believes people have taken bones as souvenirs, with 11 of its 44 vertebrae and much of ...

The New York company recently opened two underpowered productions: Jake Heggie’s 2010 adaptation of the Herman Melville ...

Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s 2010 adaptation of Melville’s unruly novel opens this week at the Metropolitan Opera.

Restored by the Berkshire County Historical Society, the home of "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale" author Herman Melville is open to visitors interested in learning more about the literary legend.

The Metropolitan Opera premiered an expanded version of Jake Heggie’s 2010 adaptation, which had its East Coast premiere at ...

The feature also highlighted some of New Bedford's most cherished architectural gems, including the historic Nathan and Polly Johnson House, the home that once sheltered the famed abolitionist ...

The 58ft-long bull sperm whale washed up near Withernsea, East Yorks., on April 28, 1825. The post Skeleton of whale ...

The stately home in is looking to reclaim the bones of the 48-foot sperm whale after so it can be put back together ...

A Los Angeles jury decided on March 10, 2025, that Disney did not steal the idea for its 2016 animated movie Moana. The ...

Streamlining Melville’s sprawling novel, Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s moody, monochromatic 2010 adaptation has come to the Metropolitan Opera.