Jorg Von Uthmann

Some wives kill their husbands, others die for them. At the Paris Opera, you can take your pick.

An elderly couple in their bathing suits under an umbrella, his head resting in her lap -- nothing could seem more trivial.

Married twice, she preferred women.

Remember “Monsieur Verdoux,” Charlie Chaplin’s marriage swindler? Meet his real-life model, Henri Desire Landru.

Will France’s obsession with “l’exception culturelle” derail the forthcoming negotiations about a free-trade agreement between the U.S. and the European Union?

Is “The Prince,” Niccolo Machiavelli’s famous, some might say notorious, primer for politicians still relevant?

Even in Europe, it’s still possible to stage an opera in a way that the composer would recognize.

What does Lady Macbeth have in common with a bunch of Tuscan painters?

Organizing a coherent exhibition representing the 7,000 islands and some 80 languages of the Philippines is no easy task.

Rebels? Freedom fighters? Terrorists? The question arises not only in Syria.

The civil war in Syria has produced an unexpected consequence: The Comedie-Francaise, France’s most prestigious theater, has decided to stage the work of a Syrian author -- the first by an Arab in its 333-year history.

The Opera Comique in Paris is reviving an old blockbuster that is a henpecked husband’s dream.