One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. One of the most intense episodes of ...

During his tour of duty as a gunner in Iraq, former Marine Sgt. Christian Ellis experienced his share of trauma — the battles, the killings, an assault that left him with a spinal injury. But there ...

One of the most intense episodes of the U.S.-Iraq conflict is the subject of a new opera premiering in Long Beach, California. "Fallujah" takes its name and its premise from the Iraqi city where over ...

Retired Marine sergeant Christian Ellis has turned his tour of duty in Iraq and the aftermath of returning home with post-traumatic stress disorder into an opera titled Fallujah. This is the first ...

The Long Beach Opera will explore the brutal effects of war and the search for redemption in the world premiere of “Fallujah,” a one-act opera about the Iraq War experience. “It’s a tough story, but ...

The suffering of war is being depicted in an opera that can be seen on the Internet and may one day be in American opera houses. The production, called Fallujah, is based on the experiences of an ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. When the US invaded Iraq the second time around, one of the bloodiest battles occurred in the town of ...

All war is hell. But it is a special hell for those expected to fight without understanding why, as it is a special hell for civilians caught up in the battle, unsure who are the good guys and who are ...