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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 ...

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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 ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The last time we saw Thaïs in the UK it proved a bit of a shocker. Plucky little Grange Park staged Massenet’s ...

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 ...

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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Massenet's Thais (1894) is one of those operas whose only excuse today is that no one takes it seriously except for the music. Coloured ...

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 ...

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