When director Leonard Foglia was invited to stage an opera adaptation of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, his excitement was quickly followed by apprehension. “I thought, ‘That’s great!’” he recalled.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For a book that was a flop when it was published 175 years ago, “Moby-Dick” has done all right for itself. The novel by Herman ...

Bradley J. Thomas, plays the part of a mysterious stranger, at left, accosting Eric Morris, as Ishmael in “Moby Dick: a Sea Shanty.” The world-premiere musical, runs through April 19 at Music Theater ...

NEW YORK — On Monday, the Metropolitan Opera presented the company premiere of Jake Heggie’s “Moby-Dick” — the composer’s 2010 operatic adaptation of Herman Melville’s landmark 1851 novel. And to get ...

In an early scene from "Moby-Dick," the crew of the whaling vessel The Pequod get to know their skipper. His name is Captain Ahab, and they are on a dangerous journey to track down the white whale ...

The New Bedford Whaling Museum will be hosting a mini-marathon reading of a Portuguese adaptation of Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick." The event will feature simultaneous readings across three continents ...

NEW BEDFORD - Dozens of volunteers came together Jan. 4 at the New Bedford Whaling Museum to read simultaneously with multiple locations in Portugal and Cape Verde the shortened adaptation of Herman ...