There were occasional set changes, normally aimed at creating a more claustrophobic or intense atmosphere, such as a private room inside the palace or a jail. But the scene was always heavy and ...

Among the offerings at this year’s Karlsruhe Händelfestspiele was a performance of ... “Phèdre,” which was his next opera, was premiered before the French court at the Palace of Fontainebleau in 1786 ...

By a curious coincidence, the wrecked ship has the same name — Karlsruhe— as a WWII German warship found off Norway last month, which was sunk in 1940. Both ships were named after a city in ...