Szymanowski wrote the song "Penthesilea Op. 18" to an excerpt from Stanisław Wyspiański's Homeric drama "Achilleis" in February 1908 during his stay in Nervi near Genoa in Italy. A lyrical monologue ...

Greek and Roman comedies and dramas were performed in outdoor arenas. It's only fair that modern retellings of them should be outdoors as well. Local playwright Tyler Joseph Rossi brings us back to ...

Petrinsky/Nigl/Van Mechelen/Montalvo/Opéra de la Monnaie/Ollu (Cyprès) The story of an Amazonian queen who falls in love with the warrior Achilles and violently kills him, Dusapin’s work is taut and ...

Loft Ensemble in North Hollywood is presenting final production of its 2022–23 season, the world premiere of Penthesilea by Danielle Ozymandias. Directed by Bree Pavey & Ozymandias, the cast feature ...

Tim Ashley offers a guide to a rarely heard symphonic poem by Hugo Wolf and recommends his favourite recording ‘Kleist’, Hugo Wolf wrote in 1890, ‘is my man. His wonderful Penthesilea is the truest ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The walkouts start when Penthesilea and Achilles, mostly naked, begin to writhe in a very large saucer of thick ...

Penthesilea, the first of six films made by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, traverses thousands of years to look at the image of the Amazonian woman in myth. It asks, among other questions, is the ...

Natalie Haynes tells of Penthesilea, Amazon warrior queen, in charge of ‘a bunch of golden-shielded, silver-axed, man-loving, boy-killing women.’ With Professor Edith Hall. Show more Natalie Haynes ...

For two sisters from a family of witches, falling in love is the trickiest spell of all.

Oskar Kokoschka Penthesilea umarmt den toten Achille, 1969 Drypoint on laid paper Prints & Graphic Art 7.87 x 11.5 in Signed, 42/100 Condition Estimate Realized Price ...

Penthesilea Zerfleischt den Gefallenen Achill, 1969, published 1970 Not Sold Lot #60 Drypoint on laid paper 48.2 x 37 cm ...