Massenet’s Thaïs, perhaps better known, to some of you, from Hroswitha’s play “Paphnutius,” features our holy harlot staring into her mirror, feeling her beauty fade, and…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wi7UsXW1As?rel=0] I may be the very last one to recognize the genius in Mozart offhandedly giving his most beautiful song to two sincerely anxious…
I’ve seen a fair amount of Macbeth in the last few months. I finally got around to seeing Throne of Blood, I followed this up…
My only serious complaint is that the book doesn’t treat Massenet’s Thaïs. Imagine what Žižek and Dolar could have done with this?! My only other…
