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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 theater is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...