Discover Le Cid pète un câble, a tragicomedy by Caroline Vigneaux based on Corneille, at the Théâtre des Mathurins from ...

The highlight of the 1999-2000 Washington Opera season was a stylish and effective production of Jules Massenet's "Le Cid," starring the company's artistic director, Placido Domingo, in the taxing ...

This four-act opera lay in near-oblivion for almost a century before it was resurrected in New York’s Carnegie Hall on March 8, 1976. The huge, appreciative audience who welcomed Jules Massenet’s ...

Pierre Corneille caused a commotion with “Le Cid” in 1637. An audience-pleasing commercial success, the play was nonetheless rejected by members of the French literary establishment for failing to ...

The Revue d’histoire littéraire de la France publishes articles and information concerning French literature from the 15th century to the present day. It seeks to provide original and objective ...