Edgar Allan Poe

Review: 'Van Gogh' and 'Tell-Tale Heart' have a crazy idea

2013-05-13 05:00:00

Opera was born to be mad. The first great opera concerned the demented Roman emperor Nero. In the nearly three centuries since Monteverdi's "The Coronation of Poppea," mad scene has succeeded mad scene on the lyric stage. They still do, as Long Beach...

Stewart Copeland finds synchronicity in writing operas

2013-05-07 18:08:00

Though it's been 27 years since the Police disbanded, Stewart Copeland, its American drummer, remains best known for his nine years with the seminal British rock band. But that doesn't mean he hasn't been busy beyond the Police's 2007 reunion tour. From...

Looking for opera inspiration

2013-03-23 06:30:00

Like every other form of art, operas can be inspired by just about anything — historical events, myths, epic poems, plays, even movies. Often, such operas go on to eclipse their inspiration. Puccini's "Tosca," derived from a play by Victorien...

Oscars: Pes aims for a long shelf life with 'Fresh Guacamole' buzz

2013-02-23 10:00:00

Steven Spielberg was inspired by Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation. Ben Affleck was provoked by a Middle Eastern hostage tale. Adam Pesapane wanted to transform a hand grenade into an avocado. All three directors will walk the red carpet...

Winter TCA: 'The Following's' Kevin Williamson quizzed on violence

2013-01-08 12:05:00

Once upon a midnight dreary, Kevin Williamson became weak and weary--fielding questions on the violence seen in Fox’s upcoming horror drama “The Following.” The creator and executive producer, who is also behind the CW’s “...

'The Walking Dead' recap: Let's have a little talk

2013-02-11 06:00:00

My favorite moment of any given “Walking Dead” episode is the moment leading out of the teaser and into the opening credits, when the buzzing, anxious strings of the show’s theme song gradually crowd whatever is happening on screen off...

‘Walking Dead’: Glen Mazzara on the woman in white, Edgar Allan Poe

2013-02-11 08:13:37

Inspired by the Ravens: Literary NFL teams?

2013-01-29 13:57:00

The Super Bowl-bound Baltimore Ravens get their name from the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, making them the most literary NFL team. They can thank the people of Baltimore, who chose the name during a poll conducted by the Baltimore Sun. The radio...

Review: Long Beach Opera charts 'The Fall of the House of Usher'

2013-01-28 12:44:00

Philip Glass is prolific beyond all understanding – and he keeps cranking out pieces at a clip that even his own record label, Orange Mountain Music, can’t keep up with. What that means is that there are lots of opportunities for...

'La Folie Baudelaire's' scandalous subject

2012-12-06 14:00:00

-------------------- La Folie Baudelaire By Roberto Calasso Translated from the Italian by Alastair McEwen Farrar Straus and Giroux: 339 pp., $35 -------------------- Charles Baudelaire is more scandalous today than he was more than 150 years ago....

Woe is Poe: The TV show 'The Following' loses its literary grip

2013-01-22 12:26:00

Woe to Edgar Allan Poe. In life, the writer was ill-served by fortune: orphaned as a toddler, an indebted college dropout, Poe moved often, usually to dodge creditors. His beloved wife (and, um, first cousin) died in the Bronx at age 24; two years later...

‘Hobbit,’ ‘Doctor Who,’ ‘Big Bang Theory’: Geek goes mainstream

2012-12-17 10:02:17

The inventor of the detective story and early master of the horrific wasn't born in Baltimore, but he lived here, first got paid for his writings here, met his future wife here, died here in 1849 (under circumstances never fully explained) and is buried here.

2013-04-04 00:00:00

Willow Dower and Mike Dower (background) attended at the Cask of Amontillado celebration of wine and Edgar Allan Poe on Saturday.

2013-03-16 00:00:00

Guest appearance by Edgar Allan Poe.

2013-02-18 00:00:00