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 ...

Utah Opera pulls out all the stops for the final performance of the 2023-24 season with the epic tale of Massenet’s Thaïs. Guided by the masterful hand of Italian director Andrea Cigni, audiences are ...

Athanaël lives in the desert in a monastic brotherhood with other ascetics and they have forsaken all worldly goods and desires. But this is not enough for Athanaël: he is ambitious and wants to ...

As the old song says: When an irresistible force meets an immovable object, something’s gotta give. In Jules Massenet’s ultra-Romantic opera, “Thais,” that irresistible force is the title character, a ...

There’s always glamour and a regal touch when Kelly Kaduce appears with the Minnesota Opera, but in Massanet’s "Thais," the Minnesota-born soprano shows grit and a searing intensity along with her ...

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 ...

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