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Olivier Py's new production at La Scala is inspired by art depicting the Temptation of St Anthony, but turns out to be disappointingly tame.

In a highly effective stage presentation, the Minnesota Opera tells Jules Massenet’s story of two personalities whose spiritual journeys are like two ships passing in the night.

Ailyn Pérez draws every eye and ear to her in an easy-on-the-eye production that doesn't solve some of the work's inherent contradictions.

Outstanding performances from Nicole Car and Etienne Dupuis turn Opera Australia's unstaged production of Thaïs into a triumph at Sydney Town Hall.

Younger generations have still a lot to learn from the 76-year old singer

Read our review of John Cox's production of ­Massenet's Thaïs in its 2008 broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.

L'œuvre majeure de Jules Massenet est de retour dans la ville du compositeur stéphanois. Transposée à la Belle Époque, elle est défendue par une excellente distribution et par la direction attentive de Victorien Vanoosten.

Contrastó la soltura y la dramatización de la albanesa con lo demostrado por el tenor español, muy pegado a la partitura y sin grandes alardes, aunque sacando adelante el exigente desempeño demandado por la voz de Athanaël. 

Mit einer strahlend exotischen Vorstellung von Massenets Opernrarität sorgten die Salzburger Festspiele wieder einmal für eine musikalische Sternstunde.