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Sir Andrew Davis

19 August 2017

9:00 AM

19 August 2017

9:00 AM

Operas are subject to changes in fashion, suffering long periods of neglect. One such opera is Thaïs by Jules Massenet. Its first performance was at the Paris Opera in 1894 at the peak of the composer’s popularity, but 500 performances later, by 1931, most of Massenet’s operas (except Manon) were fading from the repertory.

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