This Martyr was from Rome and lived in virginity, having Christ alone as her Bridegroom. Of her own accord she courageously presented herself to the pagans as a Christian, and was tortured to death, ...

Without asking how, he called for more wine. The next year, Claudius decided to marry again, surprising Rome by choosing his own niece, Agrippina. This was a bad mistake. Determined to make the ...

How can people be manipulated? Does the end justify the means? "Facing Agrippina" is a documentary in which the Grammy award winner conductor René Jacobs, the designer Christian Lacroix ...

The Cassar family are Pieds-Noirs — white French inhabitants of Algeria who lived and worked in France’s colony before its ...

His dominating mother, Agrippina, had already murdered Claudius to see her son on the throne. She quickly poisoned Nero’s main rival, Claudius’ son, Britannicus. But Nero didn’t want to be ...

Of all of King Henry VIII's queens (and there were quite a lot), his second wife Anne Boleyn is the most infamous. Men thought she was utterly captivating—but not just for her looks alone. She ...

Agrippina the Younger was a very important woman in the reigns of three of the earliest Roman emperors. She was the sister of the emperor Caligula, the wife of Claudius and the mother of Nero.

Handel’s tale of intrigue and impropriety in ancient Rome receives its first Met performances, with star mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as the controlling, power-hungry Agrippina and Harry Bicket ...

Since 1914 The Saint Agrippina Benefit Society have been hosting an annual feast in honor of the martyred Saint. Advertisement ...

Fernanda Castillo aspired to be a ballerina, but when she was unable to continue toward a pro career, she turned her focus to ...

The beautiful rococo backdrop is the starting point for this production of Agrippina. The Italian conductor and harpsichordist Francesco Corti, a regular collaborator of the orchestras Les ...

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