The opera's libretto is based on a play by Racine, which in turn comes from the ancient Greek story of Iphigenia, the young woman whose father, King Agamemnon, was ordered to sacrifice her to earn ...

Most theaters would consider it a win to have just one moment in a show that's so viscerally arresting, it causes many to put hands over hearts and gasp. "Iphigenia at Aulis," the Euripidean tragedy ...

Ancient Greek stories are filled with dramatic twists, yet few tales hit the heart as deeply as the story of Iphigenia. She ...

Joshua Williams (l), Debora Crabbe, Mary Myers, Caroline Kashner, Matthew Sparacino, and Bri Houtman in We Happy Few’s production of Iphigenia at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop through June 17; Credit: ...

A military captain prepares to set sail for combat, but first, he must sacrifice his daughter to prove the justness of war to his soldiers. If the word “sacrifice” conjures up thoughts of an ancient ...

Unfocused performance piece foregrounds women’s stories of struggle and self-sacrifice Re-examining the ancient myth of Iphigenia from a sharply contemporary perspective, this abstract and ...

“Nothing is what I’m try to keep and go forward with. Nothing. Thank you.” Those were Wayne Shorter's parting words to the audience at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica on Friday night after the ...

The straightforward production of “Iphigenia in Aulis” that opened Wednesday at the Getty Villa’s outdoor Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman Theater might be retitled “Clytemnestra,” so enlivening is ...