This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Opera has housed a long and curious fetish for the convent. Around a century ago, composers couldn’t get enough of ...

There's a strangely retro feel to Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen-- and not just because its subject is a 12th-century nun famous for being called from above to light up the dark ages ...

Pope Benedict XIV has indicated he plans to canonize the 12th-century female composer, mystic, author, physician and abbess Hildegard von Bingen and then proclaim her a Doctor of the Church in October ...

Lest one imagine that female achievement and ambition is a new phenomenon, the life of Hildegard von Bingen stands as a stark corrective. Hildegard lived in the 12th century. Born to a noble family, ...

The end is nigh at the start of “Vision — From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen.” A group of Christian believers huddles in a dark, stone dwelling awaiting the end. The following morn, the sun rises — ...

It’s hard to muster more than curious indifference to Margarethe von Trotta’s “Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen.” The film’s feminist themes and strong female protagonist are elements ...

Margarethe von Trotta, who helped lead the New German Cinema movement and has been considered one of the world’s premiere feminist filmmakers ever since directing (with then-husband Volker Schlöndorff ...

When walking into the Pit to see Hildegard von Bingen, I was struck by how similar it was to a church. The benches are set up in rows facing a central aisle, which is blocked with see-through fabric.

Saint Hildegard of Bingen was a smasher of stained-glass ceilings. From traumatic beginnings, she fought and flourished, becoming one of the most accomplished and enduring authors, artists, healers, ...

Folk vagabond Devendra Banhart has shared more details about his new album, Mala, his first studio album since 2009's What Will We Be. The record will be out on March 12 through his new home label ...