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 ...

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 ...

Opera Idaho will present the opera Thais at the Egyptian Theatre on March 27 and March 29, 2026. The performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on March 27 and 2:30 p.m. on March 29.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There's a world-famous opera diva buried in south Minneapolis. Sibyl Sanderson's remains lie in a family plot on the southeastern edge of Lakewood Cemetery, with a view of Bde Maka Ska (formerly Lake ...