Soprano Asmik Grigorian astounds in the title role, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antonio Pappano ...

Great operas in concert have now become a regular feature of the LSO’s seasons at the Barbican, but none can have made quite ...

Influenced by Caravaggio, a rare work by the Baroque artist Diana de Rosa's fetched nearly half a million dollars at ...

Even locked behind a music stand, like a caged panther in a sleek black gown, Grigorian’s Salome bristles with dramatic ...

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A Salome without the head of John the Baptist is nothing new: several directors have perversely decided they could do without ...

June 24 is the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, and the gospel of the day talks about his circumcision (cfr. Lk 1,57-66.80) which, at that time, meant his entry into the covenant ...

New research suggests that a burial site once venerated by Christian pilgrims likely belonged to a member of Herod’s dynasty ...

Today, we are six months away from last Christmas and next Christmas. The Church today celebrates the birth of Jesus’ senior relative, John the Baptist. John’s birth is described in the Bible ...

The Rev. Diane Badger, the administrator of the American Baptist Church of Massachusetts who oversees the archive, teamed up ...

St. John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, is one of only three people in history — after Jesus and Mary — whose birthday is celebrated in the Church’s liturgy.

A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding light on the church's support for ending slavery. The 5-foot-long ...