Massenet: Thaïs
Overview
When the most voluptuous, sought-after courtesan in the world meets an ascetic monk whose life is devoted to God, you know erotic sparks are going to fly. And when the clash takes place in a glorious, but rarely performed, opera by Massenet, it’s a delight to the ear just as much as to the eye. Renée Fleming is every inch the glamorous Thaïs, swathed in elegant gowns designed by Christian Lacroix. Thomas Hampson is Athanaël, the tortured man of God. This production by John Cox, which premiered in December 2008, brilliantly sets the stage for a confrontation as old as civilization itself.
Release date
20/12/2008
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Renée Fleming
Thaïs
Thomas Hampson
Athanaël
Michael Schade
Nicias
Alain Vernhes
Palémon
Alyson Cambridge
Crobyle
Ginger Costa-Jackson
Myrtale
Maria Zifchak
Albine
Trevor Scheunemann
Guard
Daniel Clark Smith
Cenobite Monk
Roger Andrews
Cenobite Monk
Kurt Phinney
Cenobite Monk
Richard Pearson
Cenobite Monk
Craig Montgomery
Cenobite Monk
Leah Partridge
La charmeuse
Zahra Hashemian
Solo dancer
David Chan
Self - Violin soloist
Jesús López-Cobos
Self - Conductor
Plácido Domingo
Self - Host
MET Orchestra
Original Soundtrack
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Věčný Faust
Cavalleria rusticana
Royal Opera House: Così fan tutte
Così fan tutte
La Traviata
Die Walküre
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
The Turn of the Screw
Britten: The Turn of the Screw
Puccini: La bohème
Ermione
Juilliard Opera: Dialogues des Carmélites
Berg: Wozzeck
Alban Berg - Wozzeck
Claude Debussy - Pelléas et Mélisande
La Finta Giardiniera
Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle
Jenůfa
Carmen
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