There is something almost absurd about attempting to appraise “Gilgamesh,” as though one were asked to appraise wind, or love, or that first human thought that trembled toward language. And yet here ...

'Gilgamesh: the Opera' was commissioned by the Assyrian Arts Institute; it runs March 28 and 29 at California’s Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. Gilgamesh is not only the world’s oldest epic, ...

Test your knowledge of literature's most famous heroines with this quiz. Women have always been writing, and in fact, the earliest named author on record is Enheduanna, a Mesopotamian high priestess ...

The Epic of Gilgamesh is regarded as one of mankind’s greatest literary and historical works. Many authors have studied the text in an effort to explain the nature of Gilgamesh’s tyranny and his ...

“Forget death and seek life!” With these encouraging words, Gilgamesh, the star of the eponymous 4000-year-old epic poem, coins the world’s first heroic catchphrase. At the same time, the young king ...

Opera Australia and the Sydney Chamber Opera present a new Australian work, GILGAMESH. Composer Jack Symonds' grandest piece to date. Along with librettist Louis Garrick and Director Kip Williams they ...

Gilgamesh, a new opera from Opera Australia, Sydney Chamber Opera and Carriageworks, gives a visceral retelling of a story from a forgotten age, exploring ideas of love, tyranny and what it means to ...

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