“The campy diva lover in me should exult at the credit in the program ‘Renée Fleming‘s Costumes by Christian Lacroix,’ but in fact the couturier’s frocks were something of a mishmash. Best was a shimmering gold sheath that set off Fleming’s first entrance and trim waistline to perfection; worst was a rumpled ivory silk ballgown that made the dying (or dead?) Thaïs resemble a Botoxed Miss Havisham.”

Our Own JJ reviews the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Thaïs in Gay City News.

In other too-good-to-be-true (and yet it is!) news, the image gallery for this production is now live at the Met Archives site.