"The Gospel of Mary Magdalene," the densely rhapsodic new opera by composer and librettist Mark Adamo that had its world premiere at the San Francisco Opera on Wednesday night, burns with the fervor ...

Forget The DaVinci Code — by now the uproar over the book and movie is old news. Mary Magdalene, who is at the heart of the story, is not. The mystique of the biblical character continues — in ...

(CBS SF/AP) - Best known for his modest chamber opera "Little Women," composer Mark Adamo was looking for a more ambitious project to tackle when he happened upon a magazine article about Mary ...

SAN FRANCISCO - (CBS SF) San Francisco Opera is currently staging the world premiere of "The Gospel of Mary Magdalene" by composer-librettist Mark Adamo. Adamo's take on Mary's story comes from ...

Not that he hasn’t occupied center stage for 2,000 years, but Jesus has never before starred in a bona fide opera as he does in composer Mark Adamo’s “The Gospel of Mary Magdalene.” This new work from ...

It seems quite obvious, as Gospel accounts only recall the traces of the risen Christ: a stone rolled away, a burial shroud cast aside and angels present at an empty tomb. But when reading today’s ...

Sex worker, saint, sinner, witness, wife. In the 2,000 years since Mary Magdalene is said to have watched Jesus Christ die on the cross, she’s been labeled many things. But neither theory — penitent ...

I imagine there will be audiences quick to dismiss Mary Magdalene because it seems too Christian or not Christian enough. Evangelicals will look at a scene of Mary baptizing followers of Jesus and ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Best known for his modest chamber opera ‘Little Women,’ composer Mark Adamo was looking for a more ambitious project to tackle when he happened upon a magazine article about Mary ...