What happens when you gender-flip the tale of “Moby Dick”? Annette Young talks to British-Chinese author, Xiaolu Guo, who has done just that with her latest book, “Call Me Ishmaelle”.  Also, ...

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When Leonard Foglia was invited to direct an opera based on Herman Melville's masterpiece about a white whale, his first reaction was: "Moby-Dick. That's great!" “Then I ran to a used bookstore ...

This image released by the Metropolitan Opera shows a scene from a rehearsal of the opera “Moby-Dick” at the Metropolitan Opera on Feb. 20, 2025 in New York. (Karen Almond/Met Opera via AP) AP ...