Soprano Nola Richardson as Hildegard von Bingen in the Los Angleles Opera premiere of Sarah Kirkland Snider's "Hildegard" at the Wallis. (Carlin Stiehl / For The Times) Opera has housed a long and ...

March is Women's History Month, and we're reaching back to the 12th century today with music by one of the earliest documented women composers. Hildegard von Bingen was born in 1179, and was educated ...

Barbara Hannigan is fearless in the face of new music. The Canadian soprano has sung the world premiere of over 100 new works, and last year released a recording of songs by the contemporary American ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook At the time of the Crusades, corporal punishment in religious orders was commonplace. This ...

I am developing the stage design and visuals for a new opera by Sarah Kirkland Snider with Beth Morrison Projects and directed by Elkannah Pulitzer, based on the early life of Hildegard von Bingen, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Opera has housed a long and curious fetish for the convent. Around a century ago, composers couldn’t get enough of ...

Soprano Barbara Hannigan takes the spotlight on Electric Fields, a new collaborative album inspired by the 12th-century abbess and composer Hildegard von Bingen. (Marco Borggreve) Barbara Hannigan is ...

Opera has housed a long and curious fetish for the convent. Around a century ago, composers couldn’t get enough of lustful, visionary nuns. Although relatively tame next to what was to follow, Puccini ...