When the most voluptuous, sought-after courtesan in the world meets an ascetic monk whose life is devoted to God, you know erotic sparks are going to fly. And when the clash takes place in a glorious, but rarely performed, opera by Massenet, it’s a delight to the ear just as much as to the eye. Renée Fleming is every inch the glamorous Thaïs, swathed in elegant gowns designed by Christian Lacroix. Thomas Hampson is Athanaël, the tortured man of God. This production by John Cox, which premiered in December 2008, brilliantly sets the stage for a confrontation as old as civilization itself.

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This is a good video of "Figaro", but there are a couple of better ones available. The Bohm and the ...

All the throbbing eroticism—and ultimate heartbreak—of Puccini’s youthful score is unleashed by Jame...

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

Based on a revolutionary play supposedly written by the Eternal President of the Democratic People's...

The operatic version of the famous story about a governess who fears her two charges are possessed.

A version of Benjamin Britten's opera based on the Melville story. Will the virtuous young sailor Bi...

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Stage director Emilio Sagi's production of the legendary Barber of Seville is enriched by a bright d...

Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as ...

Opera in one act, libretto by G. Forzano based on Dante's Divine Comedy. Third part of his opera Tri...
The writer Dario Fo applies his inventive genius to Rossini's comic opera in its premiere DVD releas...

1989 recording of the San Francisco Opera production of Mefistofele: Boito's retelling of Goethe's F...

Axel Kohler, the internationally renowned countertenor has brought Admeto into the modern era in tim...
A colorful and comedic staging of the classic opera buffa by the Vienna State Opera.

A 12-year-old boy tries everything to join a music lovers club.

From the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Terme di Caracalla "Carmen" by Georges Bizet. Director Jesus Lope...