Paul Claudel

Arts Empowering LIfe Launches Winter/Spring Season Of Performances & Lectures
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 8, 2025

Arts Empowering Life has announced a very full Winter & Spring 2025 Season, with over forty events planned for the year. Events will take place at two unique performance venues on Cape Cod.

Tickets Now on Sale For the Greek National Opera's January to March 2025 Productions
by Stephi Wild - Nov 4, 2024

Tickets are now on sale for the Greek National Opera’s productions from January to March 2025 at the Stavros Niarchos Hall and the Alternative Stage at the SNFCC. Learn more about how to get tickets to the upcoming shows here!

2nd SACRED MUSIC FESTIVAL Kicks Off This Month
by Stephi Wild - Apr 15, 2024

The Hellenic Ministry of Culture, the Greek National Opera and Eurolife FFH will present the 2nd Sacred Music Festival, from Palm Sunday 28 April to Holy Tuesday 30 April 2024.

IN Exchange Film Celebrates Exchange Theatre Anniversary
by Stephi Wild - Jun 9, 2021

A window into the running of a small theatre company pre-pandemic, and the making of a fringe theatre show, IN Exchange is a feature length documentary chronicling the highs and lows of Exchange Theatre Company producing Molière's Misanthrope at London's Camden People's Theatre in 2018.

Stream Dalbavie to Conduct Live World Premiere Of His New Opera At Paris Opera
by A.A. Cristi - May 19, 2021

The success of his first two contributions to the genre, Gesualdo and Charlotte Salomon, established Marc-André Dalbavie as one of the most prominent new voices in contemporary opera.

New Play About Camille Claudel: The Woman, The Sculptor, The Genius â€" Comes to The Bread & Roses Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Dec 6, 2019

In a new play, Camille - National Treasure, the story of Camille Claudel comes to the stage at the Bread & Roses theatre in the form of a show that interweaves a monologue from the title character and cello music composed for the show and inspired by the music of her time.

La Monnaie Presents Its 2019/20 Season
by Stephi Wild - Mar 19, 2019

This first season of Peter de Caluwe's third mandate in Brussels is, in a certain sense, also a blueprint for the coming years, during which the usual seasonal themes will step aside for a new 'seasonal architecture', allowing an even stronger focus on creation and experimentation. In total, the audience of La Monnaie can look forward to a record number of eleven operas in 2019-20..

Celestino Gorostiza, Conciencia Teatral Del Grupo Los Contemporáneos, Es Recordado A 52 Años De Su Fallecimiento
by Julie Musbach - Jan 11, 2019

El Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) recuerda al dramaturgo Celestino Gorostiza, impulsor del teatro mexicano contemporáneo quien falleciera un día como hoy, 11 de enero, pero de 1967.

BWW Review: BREAK OF NOON, Finborough Theatre
by Gary Naylor - May 29, 2018

A revival of a work by the revered French playwright, Paul Claudel, that probably doesn't say enough, but does so at enormous length.

Casting Announced For Paul Claudel's BREAK OF NOON
by Stephi Wild - May 11, 2018

During 2018, the Finborough Theatre celebrates 150 years of the Finborough Theatre's building - and its birthday also coincides with the 150th anniversary of the birth of French symbolist playwright Paul Claudel. As part of the #Finborough150 celebrations, the London premiere in English of Paul Claudel's Break of Noon (Partage de Midi) plays for six Sunday and Monday evenings and Tuesday matinees from Sunday, 27 May 2018 (Press Night: Monday, 28 May 2018 at 7.30pm).

THE RAINMAKER Returns In A New Production From Blackfriars And The Storm Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 28, 2018

Blackfriars Repertory Theatre celebrates their 20th anniversary with a new production of N. Richard Nash's The Rainmaker, co-producing with The Storm Theatre Company, opening April 27, 2018 in the Black Box Theater at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture.

Finborough Theatre Announces New Season
by Stephi Wild - Feb 19, 2018

Our second season of 2018 - the 150th year of the Finborough Theatre building - features new writing with two European premieres from award-winning playwrights from Canada and the United States, and a UK premiere from controversial German dramatist Rolf Hochhuth in his fourth production at the Finborough Theatre including a performance in German; two rediscoveries from the 1980s - the first professional UK production since 1980 of a musical from the composer of Half A Sixpence, and a classic feminist play by Sarah Daniels; and, as part of our 150th birthday series, a London premiere in English from celebrated French dramatist Paul Claudel who was born 150 years ago.

Shura Baryshnikov to Perform JOAN OF ARC In Odyssey Opera's Production
by Stephi Wild - Jan 13, 2018

One of the nation's most innovative opera companies, Odyssey Opera, continues Trial by Fire: Joan of Arc and the Hundred Years' War, a season-long exploration of operatic works inspired by martyr, saint, and military leader Joan of Arc (1412-1431). For one night only, Odyssey Opera presents a semi-staged English-language performance of Arthur Honegger's dramatic oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au b cher (Joan of Arc at the Stake), a genre-defying masterpiece described as having the perfect cohesion between words and music. A hybrid of Honegger's eclectic score and sung/spoken libretto by French poet/playwright Paul Claudel, Joan is brought to life in this vivid and emotional drama. Performing the lead role of Joan of Arc is acclaimed actor/dancer Shura Baryshnikov. Conductor Gil Rose leads a full orchestra and chorus featuring the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum and the Premier Choir of the Boston Children's Chorus.

Jonathan Leaf's New Play on Modern Feminism THE FIGHT Starts Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Oct 26, 2017

The Storm Theatre Company, under the Artistic Direction of Peter Dobbins, will present THE FIGHT, a timely and relevant new play about the battles of modern feminism, written by Jonathan Leaf and directed by Mr. Dobbins, tonight, October 26th, through November 18th at Grand Hall (440 Grand Street).

Storm Theatre to Stage Jonathan Leaf's New Play on Modern Feminism THE FIGHT
by BWW News Desk - Sep 25, 2017

The Storm Theatre Company, under the Artistic Direction of Peter Dobbins, will present THE FIGHT, a timely and relevant new play about the battles of modern feminism, written by Jonathan Leaf and directed by Mr. Dobbins, October 26th through November 18th at Grand Hall (440 Grand Street).

Festival d'Avignon Director Olivier Py to Make Rare U.S. Appearance as 'Miss Knife' at BAM
by BWW News Desk - Sep 20, 2017

By day, one of the most respected stage directors, actors, writers, and impresarios in Europe; by night, a cabaret chanteuse expunging life's pain and love's agony-this unusual artistic double identity comes together when the director of Festival d'Avignon Olivier Py makes a rare US stage appearance in Olivier Py Sings Les Premiers Adieux de Miss Knife.

Festival d'Avignon Director Olivier Py to Make Rare U.S. Appearance as 'Miss Knife' at BAM
by BWW News Desk - Aug 11, 2017

By day, one of the most respected stage directors, actors, writers, and impresarios in Europe; by night, a cabaret chanteuse expunging life's pain and love's agony-this unusual artistic double identity comes together when the director of Festival d'Avignon Olivier Py makes a rare US stage appearance in Olivier Py Sings Les Premiers Adieux de Miss Knife.

Boston's Odyssey Opera Announces 2017-18 Fifth Anniversary Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 18, 2017

Following Odyssey Opera's 2016-17 season dedicated to works inspired by the writings of Oscar Wilde, Artistic and General Director Gil Rose today announced the company's 2017-18 season: Trial by Fire: Joan of Arc and the Hundred Years War, featuring operatic masterpieces that tell the story of martyr, saint, and military leader Joan of Arc (1412-1431). Representing a wide range of styles, Odyssey Opera presents five operas that interpret the mysterious medieval world Joan inhabited. Opening the season is Tchaikovsky's The Maid of Orleans followed by L'assedio di Calais by Gaetano Donizetti, The Trial at Rouen by Norman Dello Joio, Jeanne d'Arc au Bucher by Arthur Honegger, and Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi.

Blackfriars Rep and Storm Theatre to Stage World Premiere of DEATH COMES FOR THE WAR POETS
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2017

Blackfriars Repertory Theatre and The Storm Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Death Comes for the War Poets, a dramatic verse tapestry by Joseph Pearce. The production, which will be performed June 9-24, 2017 at The Sheen Center for Thought and Culture's Black Box Theater, is directed by Peter Dobbins.

Nicolas Bouchaud & Sonia Wieder-Atherton Bring THE EMPEROR AND THE NIGHTINGALE to Tilt Kids Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 29, 2017

As part of the second annual Tilt Kids Festival, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF) are thrilled to welcome Nicolas Bouchaud and Sonia Wieder-Atherton for the US premiere of The Emperor and the Nightingale (Le Rossignol) on Saturday, April 1 and Sunday, April 2 at 4pm in FIAF's Le Skyroom, 22 East 60th Street (between Madison & Park Avenue).