Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Utah Opera pulls out all the stops for the final performance of the 2023-24 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

San Francisco Parlor Opera, the young company that in May introduced audiences to the concept of Faust in a house, brought its unique brand of chamber opera to the Zellerbach Mansion at 1550 Fell on ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The 2013-2014 season marks the start of a new vision for Florida Grand ...

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 ...

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Placido Domingo plays the role of Cenobite monk Athanael in the opera, which is showing now through June 7. By Jordan Riefe Thais Production Still - P 2014 “Athanael is one of the special roles for ...