Soprano Asmik Grigorian astounds in the title role, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antonio Pappano ...

Great operas in concert have now become a regular feature of the LSO’s seasons at the Barbican, but none can have made quite ...

Influenced by Caravaggio, a rare work by the Baroque artist Diana de Rosa's fetched nearly half a million dollars at ...

Even locked behind a music stand, like a caged panther in a sleek black gown, Grigorian’s Salome bristles with dramatic ...

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A Salome without the head of John the Baptist is nothing new: several directors have perversely decided they could do without ...

The festivities, which blend sacred and secular traditions and date back to the 17th century, attract thousands of Cape Verdeans every June to the city of Porto Novo. For three days, pilgrims pay ...

New research suggests that a burial site once venerated by Christian pilgrims likely belonged to a member of Herod’s dynasty ...

Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th ...

St. John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, is one of only three people in history — after Jesus and Mary — whose birthday is celebrated in the Church’s liturgy.

GROTON, Mass. (AP) — Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th century journals. Opening it, she found a scroll in ...