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 ...

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 ...

Did the Amazons participate in the Trojan War as allies of Troy, or did they instead fight against the Trojans?

Eline Arbo is one of the most exciting directors working at the moment, and Penthesilea is a powerful showcase of her work. In this sensual, rock-enthused reimagining of the Greek myth, Arbo spins a ...

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 ...