Jules Massenet’s Thaïs was once nearly a staple of the operatic repertoire but faded from view outside of France by the mid-20th century. The 1894 work is a heady mixture of repressed passion and ...
The names Barbe and Doucet might not be as widely known as Wagner, Puccini or Verdi -- but their influence is felt in opera houses worldwide. French director Renaud Doucet and Canadian set and costume ...
The next high-definition broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera will be Jules Massenet's romantic opera "Thais" at 11 a.m. Saturday at Town Plaza Cinema. The encore broadcast will be at 7 p.m ...
Thaïs, the sexiest woman in Alexandria during the Byzantine era, and Blanche DuBois, the steamy Southern belle slipping past her prime in Tennessee Williams’ “Streetcar Named Desire,” may seem women ...
Contrasts play an important role in many of Jules Massenet’s operas, in one form or another. Werther sees the passionate and idealistic title poet in relentless pursuit of a sober young woman bound to ...
Massenet’s opera about the power of feminine allure and the desperation of male obsession. Thaïs is an Egyptian courtesan and priestess of Venus whom the Christian monk Athanaël seeks to reform. The ...
A monastic monk with a playboy past and a penchant for self-flagellation returns to the city of his profligate youth in order to redeem the most famous courtesan of the day (who also happens to be his ...
3 ICYMI: Meet the Next On Stage: Season 6 Finalists Tickets to Thaïs start at $45 and are on sale now. They are available online at SCFTA.org, at the Box Office at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa ...
Of all the operas that make women suffer — and there are many — Massenet's "Thaïs" is one of the most gamy and unsettling. A religious devotee, Athanaël, harbors strong sexual feelings for Thaïs, a ...
For more than nine decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...
3 ICYMI: Meet the Next On Stage: Season 6 Finalists Tickets to Thaïs start at $45 and are on sale now. They are available online at SCFTA.org, at the Box Office at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa ...
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