Agrippina, Nero’s mother. Now there’s a subject for a black comedy. Or a satirical opera. At 10:55 a.m. Saturday, The MET Live in HD will live stream Handel’s grim-but-fluffy opera “Agrippina” in the ...

It isn't every day that one can legitimately hail a first night without having seen it, but I can do it for David McVicar's production of Handel's Agrippina which opens tomorrow at the Coliseum. The ...

A new exhibition and book show Agrippina as she's never been seen before. Photo: DPA She married her uncle, killed him and gave birth to both the Emperor Nero and the city of Cologne. On November 26th ...

NEW YORK — When talk turns to whether the Metropolitan Opera should put on old works — like 1709 old — habits die hard. The story has been told for decades that intimate Baroque operas will vanish in ...

NEW YORK — What if the Roman Empire — with all its decadence, corruption and power-grabbing rulers left unchecked by an oddly docile Senate — never really ended? That was the conceit that Scottish ...

In these trying times, it’s worth remembering that there’s something even worse than unemployment: it’s working for the Boss from Hell. Poor Scribonius is trapped in the worst BFH situation imaginable ...

Machinations, mind games and unabashed ambitions are rampant in the court of Claudius, Emperor of Rome. No one is more adept at manipulating the political lackeys than his clever wife, Agrippina, ...

As the Emperor Nero watched the convoy of boats making its way across the calm waters of the Bay of Naples, his blank expression gave no hint of the unthinkable crime about to be committed on his ...

Take a look at the life of Nero and find out what history may have gotten wrong about him. 7 Things You May Not Know about Nero There is no proof Nero actually played the fiddle while Rome burned.

Sensitive and handsome, Nero (37 – 68 AD / reigned 54 – 68 AD) started out well as emperor. But his early promise gave way to wild extravagance and murder. His rule ended as violently as it had begun.