Athanaël lives in the desert in a monastic brotherhood with other ascetics and they have forsaken all worldly goods and desires. But this is not enough for Athanaël: he is ambitious and wants to ...

For more than nine decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

For more than nine decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

Massenet's Thaïs - about a Christian fundamentalist who sets out to save the soul of a prostitute, then finds his faith undermined by sexuality while she achieves sainthood - is among the perviest of ...