The Metropolitan Opera is looking for the sea monster reported in newspaper headlines, because this monster sings beautifully! The "monster" is actually Willie, a whale who can sing in several voices ...

“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), ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last night at 2:17 AM, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class went missing.

(AP) A whale, a swan, a pair of star-cross’d lovers: It made for an eclectic week at the San Francisco Opera. With the company’s fall season in full swing, three different works took the stage on ...