“That was an odd way to introduce children to opera…” Ear-wigging as I left the Linbury last week after the press night of Julian Philips’ new opera, How the Whale Became (and other tales), ...

In an early scene from "Moby-Dick," the crew of the whaling vessel The Pequod get to know their skipper. His name is Captain Ahab, and they are on a dangerous journey to track down the white whale ...

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 ...