The fifth collaboration of director Margarethe Von Trotta and actress Barbara Sukowa, Vision continues the proto-feminist canonization of Blessed Hildegard von Bingen (Sukowa), 12th-century ...

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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 ...

The story of Hildegard von Bingen. This 12th-century visionary Benedictine nun wrote works on a constantly changing world, which are closer to modern physics than the rigid ideas of the Middle Ages, ...

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 ...

On Sunday afternoon, February 9th, join acclaimed Canadian multi-instrumentalist Jeff Bird at Toronto's ArrayMusic as he performs his luminous interpretations of the music of 12th century mystic ...

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 ...

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 ...