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Robert Tanitch reviews The Metropolitan, New York’s Thais on line.

Jules Massenet’s Thais premiered in Paris in 1894 and was revised in 1898. The opera is based on Anatole France’s best-selling novel which was published in 1890. Religious eroticism is always good for ...

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Robert Tanitch reviews Scheherazade on line

The sultan’s favourite wife is caught in flagrante delicto with a Negro slave. Orientalism was in vogue and sex and violence have always been popular, Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes had a huge success wit ...

andrew 168 views 0 likes Jun 10, 2020

Robert Tanitch reviews The Royal Opera House’s Il Trittico on line

Giacomo Puccini’s Il Trittico had its premiere in New York in 1918. He had long wanted to do a collection of operas in one night. Impresarios are not keen on double-bills, let alone triple bills. Audi ...

andrew 228 views 0 likes Jun 8, 2020

Robert Tanitch reviews Dutch National Ballet’s Mata Hari on line

Mata Hari and spying are synonymous. Mata Hari is the ultimate sexually alluring spy. What better title for the box office than Mata Hari? She was born in the Netherlands in 1876. She became a famous ...

andrew 177 views 0 likes Jun 4, 2020