“There’s nothing more beautiful to me than a pit full of musicians,” violinist Sarah Darling remarked to me as she took her ...

Once again, the BEMF brings a Baroque opera back to life. Reinhard Keiser’s 1705 Octavia is exceptionally well sung, adroitly ...

As he publishes the second book in his acclaimed Nero trilogy, master historical novelist Conn Iggulden on why we are drawn to the extraordinary stories of Rome's Emperors... and why 2,000 years later ...

The year is 65 AD in Rome. The philosopher Seneca has been Emperor Nero‘s mentor and close advisor since childhood, and has been significantly involved in his ascent. Nevertheless, Nero grows ...

But most critics hated it and reviews have been harsh. It's about the relationship between Seneca and Nero, the infamous Emperor he mentored since childhood and who accused him of plotting his ...

Such private hearings had been common in the time of Claudius, and their suppression was recommended by Nero’s former tutor and mentor, the philosopher Seneca. This marble bust of Nero was ...

Seneca is our most important primary source on ancient Stoicism, followed by Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, and Musonius. He is also the most flamboyant and controversial. The emperor Nero made him ...