Lyric stages Richard Strauss's twisted but thrilling Salome, based on Oscar Wilde's play, for the first time in 20 years.

The story of Salome comes to us from the Bible. She is the daughter of Herodias and Herod II. Her mother later marries her ...

From a garden at the Holy Sepulchre to new dates for the Dead Sea Scrolls, new research is offering detailed glimpses into biblical stories. The shrine that houses the traditional burial place of ...

She was there when Jesus was crucified, yet no one knows much about her. That might be why scholars just can’t quit chasing down the truth about Mary Magdalene. The Penitent Magdalene by Guido Reni.

AT THIS TIME of year, scores of millions of people go to church. Even sheep who have strayed from the Lord’s flock often find their way back at Christmas. They come to hear the story of Mary, Joseph ...

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This is the Daily Gospel for today, August 29, 2025, which is the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, martyr. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, August 28 Daily Gospel, August 27 Herod was the one who had John ...

A scandalous fellow wrote a scandalous play which became a scandalous opera. Kelly Slawson brings a dazzlingly powerful, beautiful voice to the title role. It’s an unforgettable triumph in a real tour ...

I’m not proud to admit it, but the first time I met a trans person, I felt awkward. It was 1999, and I was visiting my friend Jean in the hospital. Sitting up under a canvas of clean white sheets, she ...

In 1947, a Bedouin shepherd tossed a rock into a cave near the Dead Sea—and he heard it strike pottery. Upon entering the cave, he found a jar filled with three well-preserved rolls of marked ...

Bird populations worldwide have been in decline for decades, but without fine-grained information about where current shifts are happening, it is difficult to plan conservation strategies. In Science, ...

Still in the mood for a Wicked-style fan fiction that rivals its source’s weirdness? What about the criminally rotted horniness of Nosferatu? Imago Theatre satiates these lusts with an English ...